This new follow on work from An Outline of the Law of Agency provides a useful and accessible reminder of the principles of agency law for experienced practitioners as well as being of interest to students looking for an approachable text on this topic. This new works takes into acccount all recent changes and developments including coverage on the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 and focuses more specifically on particular classes of commercial agents, for instance those acting within the banking and finance sectors.

1. Introductory Matters 2. The Actual Authority of an Agent 3. The Apparent Authority of an Agent 4. Agency of Necessity 5. Want of Authority and Ratification 6. Legal Relations between Principal and Agent 7. Legal Relations between Principal and Third Party 8. Unauthorised Dispositions of Property by the Agent 9. Principal's Liability for the Torts of the Agent 10. Legal Relations between Agent and Third Party 11. Sub-agency 12. Termination of Agency

Roderick Munday , Director of Studies in Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge and Reader in Law at the University of Cambridge

`This text is a thorough undertaking which manages to be both accessible and easy to read, yet comprehensive and scholarly in its approach.....the author manages to bring to life what is traditionally perceived as a rather dry subject by showing its direct relevance to modern commercial realities.' Severine Saintier, Legal Studies