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

• Main Author: YEO, Tiong Min
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2001
• Subjects: Contracts; Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
• Online Access: 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
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...