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THE LAW OF AGENCY (2ND EDITION)

This second edition discusses the many new and significant decisions,
since 2010, within Singapore and other leading common law
jurisdictions. These include: Ho Kang Peng v Scintronix Corp Ltd [2014]
3 SLR 329; Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Publ), Singapore Branch v
Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore) Pte Ltd [2011] 3 SLR 540; Cavenagh
Investment Pte Ltd v Kaushik Rajiv [2013] 2 SLR 543; Chang Benety v Tang
Kin Fei [2012] 1 SLR 274; Chu Said Thong v Vision Law LLC [2014] 4 SLR
375; Thanakharn Kasikorn Thai Chamkat (Mahachon) v Akai Holdings Ltd
(2010) 13 HKCFAR 479; Kelly v Fraser [2013] 1 AC 450; Eclairs Group
Ltd v JKX Oil & Gas plc [2015] BUS LR 1395; FHR European Ventures LLP Author(s):
v Mankarious [2014] 3 WLR 535 and Benedetti v Sawiris [2014] AC 938. Tan Cheng Han SC
Year: 2017
Significant parts of the book have also been re-written to achieve xlvi + 388pp
greater coverage and clarity including sections discussing the (softcover)
distinction between agents and servants; capacity to enter into the ISBN:
agency relationship; express and implied actual authority; apparent 978-981-11-2872-1
authority in the context of companies; representations giving rise to
apparent authority; duties of performance and gratuitous agents; and Retail: S$96.30
breach of the implied warranty of authority.

LEGAL PROFESSION
(PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT) RULES 2015
A Commentary
This work is the first comprehensive, annotative commentary ever
written on the rules of ethics in Singapore. Singapore and foreign
practitioners, judges, Disciplinary Tribunal members and students
will find this commentary particularly helpful because of its incisive
approach towards the elements of each rule of the Legal Profession
(Professional Conduct) Rules 2015 (“PCR”). By reading this book,
members of the public would gain a full understanding of the Author(s):
responsibilities of lawyers towards clients. The Legal Profession Jeffrey Pinsler SC
(Foreign Representation in Singapore International Commercial Court) Year: 2016
Rules 2014, which governs the conduct of foreign lawyers in the lxx + 722pp
Singapore International Commercial Court, is analysed as well. (softcover)
ISBN:
The relationship between principles and rules (a fundamental feature 978-981-11-1398-7
of the PCR) is closely examined and the scope of their application is
carefully elucidated. The book explains every rule of ethics and covers Retail: S$96.30
all the relevant case law and disciplinary decisions which concern
ethical accountability. It addresses related legislation, the governing
practice directions, rulings, guidance notes and circulars which affect a
lawyer’s practice as well as judgments from other jurisdictions.
As the PCR breaks new ground structurally, in content and applicability,
this book will prove to be an invaluable and indispensable aid to the
understanding of the unprecedented dynamics of professional conduct
in modern legal practice.