Subjects:

Commercial Law

Contents:

Include: Formal requirements. Liability of surety. Rights against creditor. Rights against the principal. Rights between co-sureties. Defences to claim.

This new edition of the leading Canadian text on the law of guarantees provides full coverage of both the law and practice in this area. An invaluable source of reference for practitioners throughout the Commonwealth, it cites over 1,500 cases, with in-depth analysis of recent decisions such as Pax Management v. CIBC on the effect of creditor misconduct and Barclay's Bank v. O'Brien on spousal guarantees.

This edition has been substantially revised and updated with:-

• Citation of hundreds of new Canadian and Commonwealth cases
• New commentary on key issues such as insurance contracts and the impact of consumer credit legislation
• Greatly expanded coverage of corporate guarantees, duty of good faith in contract and breach of fiduciary duty.