Rights of Third Parties, Privity, and English Contract Law

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English contract law is the focus of this paper consisting of three pages in which the statement ' By the end of the 1990's the doctrine of privity had few friends, at least that part of it which prevented third parties suing to obtain the benefit which the contracting parties had agreed to confer on them. There were four principle criticisms levelled against the old Law.... it was therefore no real surprise when the Law Commission (1996) recommendations were finally implemented in the 1999 Act' is assessed. Five sources are listed in the bibliography.