Chitty on Contracts 34th ed: 1st Supplement

The leading reference work on contract law in the Common Law world, Chitty offers guidance to the whole range of contract law as practiced in the UK.

This supplement brings the main work up to date. Recent cases and developments covered in the supplement include:

• Steve Ward Services (UK) Ltd v Davies & Davies Associates Ltd (CA) and Soteria Insurance Ltd (formerly CIS General Insurance Limited) v IBM United Kingdom Ltd (CA) (meaning of bad faith and good faith in contract terms)
• Khan v Meadows (SC) and Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton UK LLP (SC) (scope of duty in contract and tort)
• Longley v PPB Entertainment Ltd (constructive knowledge of mistake over terms)
• SK Shipping Europe Plc v Capital VLCC 3 Corp (CA) (Misrepresentation Act 1967 s2(2))
• Nature Resorts Ltd v First Citizens Bank Ltd (PC) (undue influence)
• Central Bank of Venezuela v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (SC) (political immunity)
• Dwyer (UK Franchising) Ltd v Fredbar Ltd (CA) (restraint of trade: franchise agreement)
• Test Claimants in the FII Group Litigation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (No. 3) (SC) and Dargamo Holdings Ltd v Avonwick Holdings Ltd (CA) (restitution)
• London Steamship Owners Mutual Insurance Ltd v Spain (Case C-700/20) (arbitration)
• Competition and Markets Authority v Care UK Health and Social Care Holdings Ltd (unfair commercial practices, “average consumer”)
• Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) LLP (CA) (collateral warranties and adjudication)
• Smith v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (CA) and Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter (CA) (unfair credit relationship)
• Stuart Delivery Ltd v Augustine (CA) (online platforms and “worker”)
• Competition Act 1998 (Vertical Agreements Block Exemption) Order 2022 and CMA Guidance
• Lehman Brothers Holdings Scottish LP 3 v Lehman Brothers Holdings Plc (In Administration) (CA) (sureties)