Part 8 Television, Radio and On-line Broadcasting and Distribution

Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contract

Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contractThis Practice Note discusses the common law doctrine of privity of contract; the equitable and statutory exceptions to it; how the doctrine affects enforcing a contract against a third party and what happens when, notwithstanding the

179. List of offences triable either way.

  Without prejudice to any other enactment by virtue of which any offence is triable either way1, the following offences are triable either way2:  (1)     offences at common law of public nuisance3;  (2)     an offence at common law of

VAT definition

Rescission of a contract

Rescission of a contractWhat is rescission of a contract?The remedy of rescission is available to a party whose consent, in entering into a contract, has been invalidated in some way:•the effect of rescinding a contract is to extinguish it and restore the parties to their pre-contractual