Commercial Agency Agreements Law and Practice (4th Ed)

Commercial Agency Agreements: Law and Practice looks at the standard commercial agency agreement where an agent is self-employed and paid a commission on sales he or she generates for the principal as it is those agents that fall within the Regulations. It addresses the drafting of such agreements as well as termination and compensation and includes examples of agency contracts and coverage of the majority of UK judgments. The fourth edition has been updated to include: New commercial agency cases which are analysed and implications of the judgments explained; Following the Jackson reforms and the new conditional fee and damages based agreements there have been major changes to the litigation regime in 2013 which have a significant impact on agents' claims for compensation; Best practice and guidance in light of case decisions on agency law and EU competition law changes. Chapter 1: Introduction and definitions Chapter 2: Duties of the agent and principal - choosing and using and agent Chapter 3: Competition law and agency agreements Chapter 4: Commission and other payments Chapter 5: Monitoring and terminating an agency agreement Chapter 6: Compensation, indemnities and litigation Chapter 7: Valuations of Commercial Agents Chapter 8: Foreign agency arrangements Appendix 1: UK commercial agency laws and materials Appendix 2: European Community materials Appendix 3: Transcript of judgments Appendix 4: Sample agency agreements

Susan Singleton, Solicitor, runs Singletons (singlelaw.com), one of the best known specialistleading commercial, competition and IP/IT solicitors firms in the UK. Singletons advises awide range of clients on the agency regulations and has litigated many casesin this area. Susan speaks at about 20 conferences a year in the UK and abroad and haswritten over 30 law books. Her publishing arm, Singlelaw, publishes ten subscription legalnewsletters, including IT Law Today, International Trade Finance, Pensions Today, CorporateBriefing and Finance & Credit Law. She is Vice Chairman of the Competition Law Association.