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COMMERCIAL LAWGUEST ON THE LAWOF ASSIGNMENTProfessor A G Guest, QCNEWGuest on the Law of Assignment providesa thorough statement of the law of voluntaryassignment relating to debt, contractualrights, guarantees, and deals with insurance,shares and intellectual property. It includes,for each issue or topic, the authority thatsupports the legal principle.It goes through the nature of assignment,commencing with a definition ofassignment, before outlining and givingexamples of choses in action; detailing therequirements for assignment; and looking atthe relationship of assignment and othertransactions.• Examines the law of assignments undersection 136 of the Law of Property Act1925, explaining its effect andrequirements• Goes through equitable assignment andagreements to assign, covering both anequitable assignment of an equitablechose and of a legal chose• Deals with restrictions on assignment,covering contractual terms forbiddingassignment, prohibition by statute orpublic policy, and personal contracts andcovenants• Covers the position of creditors, trusteesin bankruptcy and personalrepresentatives of the assignor, and theliquidator of an assignor company• Analyses the problems associated withpriorities, including those betweencompeting assignees• Considers special priority rules andvariation of priorities• Establishes defences available to theobligor under assignments subject toequities• Reviews available financing devicesinvolving assignment, with coverage offinancing of receivables, factoring, blockdiscounts, and securitisation• Looks at situations where there isassignment of obligations or liabilities• Addresses conflict of laws issuesJURISDICTION: United Kingdom, CommonwealthAug-2012 978 0 414 02464 9Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 567353Hardback £175.00/€223.00THE LAW OFPERSONAL PROPERTYNEWGeneral Editors: Professor Michael Bridge andProfessor Gerard McMeelThis new work provides a comprehensiveand in-depth treatment of both tangibleand intangible personal property. Therehas been no authoritative guide to thissubstantial part of common law since the5th edition of a student text, Crossley Vaineson Personal Property, published in 1973. Thisnew work fills that gap with a heavyweightpractitioner text.It addresses a critical area of commercial lawas the bulk of corporate wealth now lies inpersonal property, whether tangibleinterests in plant, machinery, ships andaircraft, or intangible holdings in book debts,shares, intellectual property rights andinsurance policies.• Examines in detail the various interestsin personal property, exploring conceptssuch as ownership, possession andbailment, as well as equitable interests• Considers the various ways of acquiringand transferring interests• Discusses how interests are protectedand enforced, in common law and inequity• Explores the legal principles in depth,with detailed analysis of case law• Deals with the property aspects of saleof goods• Analyses all modes of dealing with ortransferring interests in intangibleproperty• Covers security interests• Covers commercial topics, such asretention of title clauses and Quistclosetrusts, by locating them within the widercommon law and equitable principles• Deals with the private international law,insolvency and procedural issuesCONTENTS: Part A: Overview and GeneralMatters. Part B: Tangible Personal Property:Legal and Equitable Interests in TangiblePersonal Property; The Acquisition of Interests inTangible Personal Property; The Protection andEnforcement of Interests in Tangible PersonalProperty. Part C: Intangible Personal Property:Legal and Equitable Interests in IntangiblePersonal Property; The Acquisition of Interestsin Intangible Personal Property; The Protectionand Enforcement of Interests in IntangiblePersonal Property. Part D: Insolvency. Part E:Private International Law.JURISDICTION: United Kingdom, CommonwealthNov-2012 978 1 847 03799 2Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 324582Hardback c. £175.00/c. €223.00NEGOTIATINGINTERNATIONAL JOINTVENTURE AGREEMENTSINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS NEGOTIATINGGUIDES1 RELEASE A YEARStephen SayerNegotiating International Joint VentureAgreements is a highly practical looseleafmanual dealing with the legal and commercialaspects of structuring and negotiatinginternational and domestic joint ventures.It offers clear, concise and jargon-free accessto complex law and documentation.• A set of authoritative and user-friendlyprecedents cover virtually all types ofcommercial joint venture situation• Commentaries explain the reasons forspecific provisions and alternative clausesand discuss points which individual partieswill wish to negotiate• Includes all precedents on disc ready to printand tailor to clients' needsJURISDICTION: International978 0 421 63140 3Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 6103Looseleaf & CD-ROM £563.00 (+ £11.22 VAT) = £574.22€742.00 (+ €14.78 VAT) = €756.78Updating releases charged for on publicationPALMER ON BAILMENT3RD EDITIONGeneral Editor: Professor Norman Palmer CBEPalmer on Bailment examines in detail allthose legal relationships under which oneperson has possession of goods that belong toanother. It analyses a vast range of transactions,covering not only those bailments that arenegotiated on a commercial basis but alsothose that occur without the consent of theowner and those that carry no formalremuneration.• Explains the impact of bailment on otherfields of civil obligation• Explores the relation between bailment andpossession at large• Analyses all the latest developments –in areas such as bailment and limitationperiods, insurance, intangible property, thehuman body, animals, and transmissibleleases of chattels• Advises on litigation, including the pleadingof bailment claims• Includes commentary on a wealth of caselaw, including from CommonwealthjurisdictionsJURISDICTION: United Kingdom, Commonwealth,North AmericaNov-2009 978 1 847 03068 9Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 199518Hardback, 2528 pp £335.00/€426.00To order any of these titles international customers please email TLRUKI.intlorders@thomsonreuters.com 23