When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)?

Author

Tiong Min YEO, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

3-2001

Abstract

There are two aspects to the common law doctrine of privity of contract. The first, that a contract cannot impose liabilities on a third party, is not very controversial. The second, that in general a contract can only confer rights on parties to the contract even if it is clearly the intention of the contracting parties to benefit a third party, is highly controversial, and has been the subject of much judicial criticism.

Discipline

Contracts | Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Research Areas

Dispute Resolution

Publication

Singapore Academy of Law Journal

Volume

13

Issue

1

First Page

34

Last Page

53

ISSN

0218-2009

Publisher

Singapore Academy of Law

Citation

YEO, Tiong Min. When Do Rights Arise under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (UK)?. (2001). Singapore Academy of Law Journal. 13, (1), 34-53.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/660

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