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The Law of Contract Sixth edition (Part of Butterworths Common Law Series)
Author
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M P Furmston
The Law of Contract Sixth edition provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of all aspects of the law of contract.
Publication Date: November 2019
Publisher: LNUK
he Law of Contract provides a comprehensive and authoritative treatment of all aspects of the law of contract. It is both accessible and detailed, designed specifically to meet the needs of practitioners in the field.
The latest key decisions are covered and accompanied by incisive analysis, including Patel v Mirza which deals with the interaction of contract and unjust enrichment in relation to illegal contracts.
This title also contains significant statutory and common law changes since the last edition:
The new Consumer Rights Act 2015, with an easy-to-follow flowchart on applying the Act to "unfair terms"
Major rewrites in key chapters in relation to liquidated damages, entire agreement clauses, non-reliance clauses, construction of contracts, implied terms and "subject to contract" stipulations
Important Supreme Court cases including Arnold v Britton and Others, Marks & Spencer Plc v BNP Paribas, Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd and Impact Funding Solutions Ltd v Barrington Support Services
Changes to the law in respect of non-consumer contracts arising from the Insurance Act 2015
Developments in relation to the intention to create legal relations and on notices making time of the essence
Part One: Introduction, Background and General Principles
1. Child Protection in England and Wales
2. The Origins of the Present System
3. Fundamentals of the Children Act 1989
4. Other Orders
5. Jurisdiction
6. Human Rights Considerations
Part Two: Child Protection Measures Short of Care Proceedings
7. Local Authority Investigation, Support and Intervention
8. The Pre-Proceedings Process
9. The Decision to Commence Proceedings
Part Three: Emergency Intervention
10. Police Protection Orders
11. Emergency Protection Orders
Part Four: Care Proceedings: From Issue to Final Hearing
12. The Procedural Stages of an Application for a Care Order: An Overview
13. The Process of Issuing an Application and the Formal Requirements when doing so
14. Initial Case Management
15. Interim Care Orders: Interim Care Orders Part 1 - Interim Threshold
16. Interim Care Orders Part 2 - Welfare Decisions at the Interim Stage
17. Interim Care Orders Part 3 - Case Management of Interim Care Order Applications
18. Interim Care Orders Part 4 - The Interim Care Order
19. Appealing the Decision on an Interim Care Order Application
Part Five: Care Proceedings: Final Hearings and Final Orders
20. Preparation for the Final Hearing
21. The Final Hearing: Practical Considerations
22. Final Threshold
23. The Welfare Test for making a Final Care Order
24. Final Care Plans
25. The Effect of Making a Final Care Order
26. Appeals against Final Care Orders
Part Six: Alternatives to the making of a Final Care Order
27. Supervision Orders
28. Placement under a Child Arrangements Order
29. Special Guardianship Orders
Part Six: Adoption
30. The Nature of Adoption
31. Adoption: General Considerations
32. Adoption: Parental Consent and Placement Orders
33. Adoption: Appeals
Appendices