Annotated Bibliography
Keighley Maxted & Co. v. Durant [1901] AC 240 (Undisclosed Principle). The Court asserted that "A contract made by a person intending to contract on behalf of a third party, but without his authority, cannot be ratified by the third party so as to render him able to sue or liable to be sued on the contract, where the person who made the contract did not profess at the time of making it to be acting on behalf of a principal." This case is the base of my essay, I have used this case a lot as it shows the doctrine of undisclosed principal.
Bowstead WF Reynolds, Bowstead On Agency (Sweet [and] Maxwell 1985), 2-061.
Lord Macnaghten stated that it was 'a well-established principle in English law that civil obligations are not to be created by, or founded upon, undisclosed intentions'. - this book has been written by a British barrister and a solicitor Bowstead and Reynolds. In the book they covered and commented upon topics of law of agency. …show more content…
The Statute, created an exception to a fundamental principle of English law: the rule of privity of contract whereby only those who are party to a contract can enforce rights under it.
Bowstead WF Reynolds, Bowstead On Agency (Sweet [and] Maxwell 1985), 2-050 - "An Undisclosed Principal May Ratify its Agent's Unauthorized Actions, but the Agent does not Purport to act on behalf of his
Keighley Maxted & Co. v. Durant [1901] AC 240 (Undisclosed Principle). The Court asserted that "A contract made by a person intending to contract on behalf of a third party, but without his authority, cannot be ratified by the third party so as to render him able to sue or liable to be sued on the contract, where the person who made the contract did not profess at the time of making it to be acting on behalf of a principal." This case is the base of my essay, I have used this case a lot as it shows the doctrine of undisclosed principal.
Bowstead WF Reynolds, Bowstead On Agency (Sweet [and] Maxwell 1985), 2-061.
Lord Macnaghten stated that it was 'a well-established principle in English law that civil obligations are not to be created by, or founded upon, undisclosed intentions'. - this book has been written by a British barrister and a solicitor Bowstead and Reynolds. In the book they covered and commented upon topics of law of agency. …show more content…
The Statute, created an exception to a fundamental principle of English law: the rule of privity of contract whereby only those who are party to a contract can enforce rights under it.
Bowstead WF Reynolds, Bowstead On Agency (Sweet [and] Maxwell 1985), 2-050 - "An Undisclosed Principal May Ratify its Agent's Unauthorized Actions, but the Agent does not Purport to act on behalf of his