When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)?

There are two aspects to the common law doctrine of privity of contract. The first, that a contract cannot impose liabilities on a third party, is not very controversial. The second, that in general a contract can only confer rights on parties to the contract even if it is clearly the intention of t...

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Main Author: YEO, Tiong Min
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sol_research-16592016-04-23T09:17:13Z When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)? YEO, Tiong Min There are two aspects to the common law doctrine of privity of contract. The first, that a contract cannot impose liabilities on a third party, is not very controversial. The second, that in general a contract can only confer rights on parties to the contract even if it is clearly the intention of the contracting parties to benefit a third party, is highly controversial, and has been the subject of much judicial criticism. 2001-03-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/660 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1659/viewcontent/2001_13_1__SAcLJ_034_Yeo.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Contracts Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
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When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)?
description There are two aspects to the common law doctrine of privity of contract. The first, that a contract cannot impose liabilities on a third party, is not very controversial. The second, that in general a contract can only confer rights on parties to the contract even if it is clearly the intention of the contracting parties to benefit a third party, is highly controversial, and has been the subject of much judicial criticism.
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title When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)?
title_short When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)?
title_full When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)?
title_fullStr When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)?
title_full_unstemmed When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)?
title_sort when do rights arise under the contracts (rights of third parties) act 1999 (uk)?
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
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url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/660
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