Bradgate's Commercial Law

Reza Beheshti is an assistant professor in the School of Law, and the co-director of Study Abroad Programme. He holds PhD and LLM degrees from the University of Leicester and an LLB from the Shiraz State University (Iran). Before joining University of Nottingham in October 2016, he was lecturer for one year at University of Leicester, where he taught commercial law, contract law and international sales transactions. He has also worked in Leicester as part-time tutor teaching contract law during his PhD studies. In September 2017, he was appointed as an arbitrator and is enlisted at the Arbitration Centre of Iran Chamber (ACIC). He also acts as voluntary correspondent for UNCITRAL, in which capacity he provides abstracts on important cases governed by UNCITRAL Texts and decided by UK and Iranian Courts for UNCITRAL legal database. (CLOUT)Séverine Saintier joined Cardiff University as a Professor in commercial law in January 2023. Prior to that, she held a position at Exeter University, Sheffield and Liverpool. She studied law in France until 1993 before coming to the UK to read for an LLM (Staffordshire University) and a PhD (Sheffield University) under the late Professor Bradgate. Her primary research interest is in the field of contract/commercial law, broadly defined. Her research is comparative in nature. Her PhD was in the field of commercial agency contracts where she has published two monographs (one co-authored) and numerous journal articles. In this field, her work has been widely cited. She is also, with Professor Rob Merkin KC, Reading University, the co-editor of Jill Poole's Contract Law Textbook and Contract Law casebook.Sean Thomas joined York as a Reader in September 2019, having previously held positions at the University of Durham (2015-19, Associate Professor), University of Leicester (2010-13, Lecturer in Commercial Law; 2013-15, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law) and Anglia Ruskin University (2008-10, Senior Lecturer in Law). He holds a PhD from the University of Manchester (where he was a Graduate Teaching Assistant). He also holds a PG Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is currently the Deputy Chair of the Board of Studies, Chair of the Staff-Student Forum, and the Research Seminar coordinator.

It is the textbook on English commercial law that is pitched at just the right level in terms of context, analysis and coverage of topics. A very engaging read.

• PART I - THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK; 1. The Nature and Sources of Commercial Law; 2. Principles of Contract Law; PART II - ARRANGING THE TRANSACTION: THE LAW OF AGENCY; 3. Agency; 4. The Authority of the Agent; 5. Relations with Third Parties; 6. Principal and Agent; PART III - THE SALE AND SUPPLY OF GOODS; 7. Background to the Sale of Goods Act; 8. The Contract of Sale and the Classification of Transactions; 9. Duties of the Parties; 10. Delivery; 11. The Condition of the Goods and Statutory Implied Terms; 12. The Buyer's Remedies; 13. Manufacturers and Product Liability; 14. The Duty to Pass a Good Title; 15. The Passing of Property; 16. Risk, Mistake and Frustration; 17. The Conflicts of Sale Transactions; 18. Buyer's Duties and Seller's Remedies; 19. Contracts for the Supply of Services; PART IV - FINANCING THE TRANSACTION; 20. Financing the Transaction; 21. Credit and Security; 22. Real Security; 23. Personal Security; 24. The Regulation of Credit; 25. Regulated Agreements; 26. Control of Credit Agreements; 27. Money and the Transfer of Obligations; 28. Bills of Exchange; 29. Banks and Their Customers; 30. Bank Payment Orders; PART V - INTERNATIONAL TRADE; 31. The Nature and Structure of International Trade; 32. Bills of Lading and Contracts of Carriage; 33. International Sale Contracts; 34. Financing International Trade; PART VI - PROTECTING THE TRANSACTION; 35. Insurance; 36. Resolution of Commercial Disputes; INDEX