Commercial Agent in UK Law

  • Chapter 4: The Commercial Agent's Remuneration
    • Commercial Agents and the Law
    • Taylor and Francis
    • 109-126
  • Chapter 6: Calculating the Termination Payments Due to the Commercial Agent
    • Commercial Agents and the Law
    • Taylor and Francis
    • 169-219
  • Comment: Mandatory Compensation to Commercial Agents upon Termination of Agency under Ethiopian Law
    • No. 11-2, July 2017
    • Mizan Law Review
    • Kamil Abdu Oumer
    • Kamil Abdu Oumer (LLB, LLM), Lecturer of Law at Wollo University School of Law, Dessie, Ethiopia. I thank Dr. Elias Nour for his constructive comments. The author can be reached at: Kamillaw2009@gmail.com
    • 424-439
    The Ethiopian Commercial Code recognizes mandatory compensation if agency agreement for an indefinite period of time is terminated due to the fault of the principal; and the Draft Commercial Code i...
    ... ... This comment examines the status and functions of a commercial agent as well as the compensation due to the agent upon the termination of the commercial agency. I argue that there should be mandatory ... ...
  • On the Relations between Agent and Principal: Angove's Pty Ltd v Bailey
    • No. 81-1, January 2018
    • The Modern Law Review
    • 0000
    In Angove's Pty Ltd v Bailey the Supreme Court faced ‘two important and controversial questions of commercial law’: whether an agent's authority could ever be ‘irrevocable’, and whether the receipt...
    ... ... ’s Pty Ltd vBaileyJuliusA.W.Grower∗In Angove’s Pty Ltd vBailey the Supreme Court faced ‘two important and controversial questionsof commercial law’: whether an agent’s authority could ever be ‘irrevocable’, and whether thereceipt of money by an imminent insolvent could ever give rise ... ...
  • Chapter 15: Council Directive of 18 December 1986
    • Commercial and Maritime Statutes
    • Taylor and Francis
    • 197-203
    ... ... Whereas the differences in national laws concerning commercial representation substantially affect the conditions of competition and the ... commercial representation contracts where principal and commercial agent are established in different Member States; ... Whereas trade in goods ... ...
  • Chapter 14: The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993
    • Commercial and Maritime Statutes
    • Taylor and Francis
    • 189-196
    ... ... 2: Interpretation, application and extent ... In these Regulations— ... “commercial agent” means a self-employed intermediary who has continuing authority to negotiate the sale or purchase of goods on behalf of another person (the ... ...
  • Chapter 5: Termination of the Commercial Agency Contract and Its Consequences for the Parties
    • Commercial Agents and the Law
    • Taylor and Francis
    • 127-167
    ... ... the right of the commercial agent to claim compensation or indemnity. Whereas a lot of attention has been paid to the latter, very little has been said about termination itself. This ... ...
  • Chapter 8: General Conclusion
    • Commercial Agents and the Law
    • Taylor and Francis
    • 247-258
    ... ... law now has a special legal regime, a lex specialis , for commercial agents as defined, and treats them very differently from other types of ... The commercial agent therefore does not act for himself but for the principal, which means (as ... ...
  • Chapter 2: Commercial Agents and Commercial Agency Agreements: An Overview of the Legal Map
    • Commercial Agents and the Law
    • Taylor and Francis
    • 7-54
    ... ... In the case of the agent buying or selling goods on behalf of his principal, there was in the UK, prior to the implementation of EC Council Directive 86/653 ... ...
  • A Precedent Without Principle: The Uncertain Authority of Watteau v Fenwick
    • No. 16-1, January 2026
    • Southampton Student Law Review
    • 1-5
    This case comment discusses the landmark agency law case of Watteau v Fenwick and how it set a controversial precedent that principals can be legally bound by an agent's actions beyond the agent's ...
    ... ... agent’s actions beyond the agent’s authority. The comment discusses how ... modern commercial law, the essay goes on to discuss the policy reasons behind the court's ... ...
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