Bowstead and Reynolds on Agency 23rd ed: 1st Supplement

Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency is the essential reference source for commercial practitioners. Part of the long-established Common Law Library, this new supplement updates all relevant aspects of law and how they relate to agency agreements, including contract law, administrative law, tort, commercial/company law, the law of property and the conflict of laws.

The first supplement to the 23rd edition takes account of all developments in agency, including new text (and supporting cases) on, among others:

• Chapter 2: imposter agents, incapax principals, acts which may be performed via an agent, dual agency, ratification, and true estoppel;
• Chapter 3: liability of principal for bribery by its agents, co-agents, and usual authority of different types of agent;
• Chapter 6: the agent’s duty to follow instructions, ambiguous instructions, duties of care and skill, duties prior to appointment, undue influence of agent, fiduciary duties, and remedy of account;
• Chapter 7: illegality and remuneration, and interpleader;
• Chapter 8: authority to make gifts, non-delegable duties, imputed knowledge, and bribery.