Law of Guarantees 6th ed

Frequently cited in court, this text is the leading work on guarantees written by experts in their field; Millett and Andrews. A practitioner focused text examining the law and practice of guarantees and surety, it covers everything required for work in this area.

• Provides a detailed analysis of the various statutory and contractual requirements relating to the law of guarantees
• Looks at the elements of a guarantee, its construction, and its enforcement
• Covers all areas of law including guarantees for loans, consumer credit, hire purchase, landlord and tenant, building contracts and commercial contracts
• Examines the guarantor's liability and rights against both creditors and debtors
• Discusses revocation of contracts and discharge of the surety
• Deals with insolvency in relation to guarantees
• Provides workflow solutions in the format of checklists, specimen pleadings as well as 14 precedents for use in drafting, making your day-to-day work quicker and easier

This new edition discusses legislative updates and includes a detailed analysis of recent developments in case law, such as:-

• North Shore Ventures Ltd v Anstead Holdings Inc [2011]
• Van der Merwe v IIG Capital LLC Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 22 May 2008, [2008]
• Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd v Jan de Nul NV Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 21 July 2011, [2011]
• Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft v Alpha Trains (UK) Ltd Chancery Division, 05 October 2010, [2010]
• Gold Coast Ltd v Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo [2001]
• Carey Value Added SL (formerly Losan Hotels World Value Added I SL) v Grupo Urvasco SA Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court), 23 July 2010, [2010]
• Pitts v Jones Court of Appeal (Civil Division), 06 December 2007, [2007]
• Beck Interiors Ltd v Russo Queen's Bench Division (Technology & Construction Court), 29 July 2009, [2009]
• Fairstate Ltd v General Enterprise & Management Ltd [2010]
• KS/Victoria Street v House of Fraser (Stores Management) Ltd [2011]
• Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi AS v Banca Popolare [2009]
• Good Harvest v Centaur Services [2010]
• McGuinness v Peterborough BS [2011]
• Royal Bank of Scotland Plc v Chandra [2011]
• Close Brothers Ltd v Pearce [2011]
• British Arab Commercial Bank Plc v Bank of Communications and another [2011]