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Contract LAW• new provisions in the Electronic Transactions Acts;• United Group Rail Services Limited v RailCorporation New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 177;(2009) 74 NSWLR 618 (agreements to negotiate ingood faith);• Saleh v Romanous [2010] NSWCA 274 (promissoryestoppel and the parol evidence rule);• Masterton Homes Pty Ltd v Palm Assets Pty Ltd[2009] NSWCA 234 (incorporating terms);• Western Export Services v Jireh International PtyLtd [2011] HCA45 (contract interpretation andconstruing terms);• Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd[2009] HCA 8; (2009) 236 CLR 272 (rectificationdamages);• Agricultural and Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Gardiner[2008] HCA 57; (2008) 238 CLR 570 (loss of rightto terminate by waiver); and• Master Education Services Pty Ltd v Ketchell[2008] HCA 38; (2008) 236 CLR 101 (statutoryillegality).Reflecting the way that contract law is taught inAustralian professional entry law courses, students willfind Contract: Cases and Materials, 12th Edition ideallysuited to their course requirements.Thomson Reuters AustraliaDec 2011 9780455229461 PaperbackHK$1,210Contractual Duties: Performance, Breach,Termination and remediesProfessor Andrew Tettenborn, Professor Malcolm Clarke,Neil Andrews, Professor Graham VirgoNEWThis title offers a high level analysis of the law relatingto the termination of contracts. It offers new andauthoritative insights into how to proceed whencontracts are beached or break down.The new edition:• Presents a high level analysis of the law relating totermination of contracts supported by citation ofleading cases• Focuses on the issues of performance and breachof a contract and how to respond• Offers new and authoritative insights into how toproceed when contracts are breached or for otherreasons of non-performance• Presents a fresh and up-to-date view oftermination based on recent tendencies in theCourts• Includes the application of termination in thecontext of categories required by the 1977• Unfair Contract Terms Act, so you can be confidentyou have the latest legislation to hand• Includes relevant statutes such as theMisrepresentation Act 1967, standard contractclauses and Unfair Terms in Consumer ContractsRegulations• Discusses the traditional principles behind ‘breach’and ‘frustration’• Offers possible arguments and ideas that crossconceptual boundaries from established authorswith experience in this field of lawSweet & Maxwell UKDec 2011 9780414041950 HardbackHK$2,573Principles of Contract LawFourth EditionPaterson, Robertson, DukeNEWPrinciples of Contract Law, Fourth Edition remainsAustralia’s premier text for students of contract law.The new edition has been significantly revised in lightof recent developments.The book has been thoroughly updated in light of theAustralian Consumer Law, and includes discussionof the new regimes regulating unfair contract terms,misleading and deceptive conduct, unconscionabledealing and consumer guarantees. Recentamendments to the Electronic Transactions Acts arediscussed in the Agreement chapter (Ch 3).Thomson Reuters AustraliaDec 2011 9780455229454 PaperbackHK$1,036smhk.salesenquiries@thomsonreuters.com www.sweetandmaxwell.com.hk +852 3762 3222Prices are correct at time of going to press, but may be subject to change without prior notification167