Contract Smart (2nd Edition): Understanding Contract Law in Singapore

Contract Smart (2nd Edition): Understanding Contract Law in Singapore

Chua Kevin
$26.95
Publication Date: June 15th, 2022
Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish Business
ISBN:
9789814928755
Pages:
208

Description

Are you a business person who wants to learn about contract law and how it relates to practical issues?

If so, this new and fully updated second edition of Contract Smart has been written with you in mind. It is targeted at the educated business professional who wants a balanced approach in a book on Singapore law – more than the bare basics of contract law but without too many technicalities as presented in books for lawyers and law students. And most importantly, there is emphasis on the practical business aspects of contract law.

This book covers essential topics such as:
• How to make contracts.
• Deciding on form and formalities in contracts.
• The parties who have rights under a contract.
• The nuances in the different types of contractual terms and conditions.
• The situations that could make a contract voidable or void.
• How contracts should be performed.
• Making variations to contracts.
• The various options if a contract is breached.
• Dealing with contracts involving parties in other countries.

About the Author

Kevin Chua has been a lawyer in both the public sector and private practice for the past 20 years. As a legal officer posted to the then-Registry of Companies and Businesses, now the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), Kevin witnessed first-hand how ordinary citizens can frequently be affected not just by the criminal law everyone knows from television but also the laws that govern our daily lives.

Now with Yuen Law LLC, Kevin advises on financial regulatory matters and has a special interest in payment services and cryptocurrencies.