Commercial Law Tutorial Sheet # 1 Chapter 3- Commercial Law- Bradgate

Agency Definition of Agent o Importance of consent Case: Garmac Grain Co. Inc v Faure & Fairclough & Bunge Corp [1967] 2 All. ER 353 @ 358 (per Lord Pearson) Actions of Agent Gardner v Ackeroyd [1952] 2 All. ER 306 o Agent as against employee

Who is an agent (types of positions) 1. Company direction 2. Partner 3. Employee 4. Hire Purchase/ Credit transactions 5. Professionals o o o Case:- Lease Management Services Co Ltd v Purnell Secretarial Services [1994] CCLR 127 Waugh v H.B Clifford & Sons Ltd [1982] 1 All E.R. 1095 CA Welsh Development Agency v Export Finances Co [1992] BCC 270

Agency Relationship 1. General and Special 2. Factors and Brokers 3. Del Credere Agents 4. Commercial Agents 5. Commission Agents 6. Confirming House Commercial Marketing 1. Distributorship Difference between distributor and agent Case: Lam v Goring Brick Co. Ltd [1932] 1 KB 710 CA 2. Franchising 3. Licensing 4. Subsidiaries Summary of parties