Agency
This subject will no longer be offered from January 2012 - The last examination for this subject will be December 2011.
Main Topics of Study:
Concept of Power & Authority
Binding of Principal:
- Express Authority
- Implied Authority
- Apparent Authority
- Operation of Law
Want of Authority & Ratification:
- Principal & Third Party
- Ratification
- Liability for Authority by the Agent
Relations Between Principal & Agent:
- Agent’s Duties
- Rights of Agent
Agency Relationship Between Principal & Third Party:
- Disclosed Agency
- Undisclosed Agency
- Unauthorised Disposition by Agent
- Liability for Torts of Agent
Agency Relations:
- Agent & Third Party
- Contractual Rights & Liabilities of the Agent
Termination of Agency:
- By Act of Parties
- Operation of Law
- Effects of Termination
Reading List
Main Text:
An Outline of the Law of Agency - Markesinis & Munday (Butterworth Tolly)
Cases
Appointment of Agent by Implication:
Garnac Grain Company v H M Faure [1967]
Pickering v Busk [1812]
Appointment of Agent of Necessity:
Prager v Blatspiel [1924]
Springer v Great Western Railway [1921]
Great Northern Railway v Swaffield [1874]
Ratification:
Kelner v Baxter [1866]
Brook v Hook [1871]
Boulton Partners v Lambert [1888]
The Duties of an Agent:
Turpin v Bilton [1843]
Hedley Byrne v Heller [1964]
Armstrong v Jackson [1917]
Undisclosed Principals:
Humble v Hunter [1842]
Clarkson & Booker v Andjel [1964]
United Bank of Kuwait v Hammond [1988]
Termination of Agency:
Turner v Goldsmith [1891]
Breach of Warranty of Authority:
Yonge v Tonybee [1910]
Authority of the Agent:
Watteau v Fenwick [1893]
Duties of the Principal:
Luxor (Eastbourne) v Cooper [1941]
Scheggia v Gradwell [1963]
Adamson v Jarvis [1827]
