Description
Book SynopsisThe Commercial Law Handbook examines the most commonly encountered transactions, provides a checklist of the terms that need to be included in the agreements and analyses the issues that should be considered when drafting them. This new second edition includes: - Consumer Rights Act 2015 - General Data Protection Regulation (Data Protection Act 2018) - Rome I and II Regulations on governing law - Recast Brussels Regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments - Competition and Markets Authority succeeding the Office of Fair Trading - case law clarifying rights of agents and operation of Commercial Agents Regulations - perspectives on the potential impact of Brexit.
Table of Contents1. Introduction: what is a commercial contract and how to draft one; 2. Services agreements; 3. Sale and supply of goods agreements; 4. Distribution agreements; 5. Agency agreements; 6. Licensing and franchising agreements; 7. Joint ventures; 8. Competition law aspects; 9. Resolution of commercial disputes; Appendix.