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2. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 - Wikipedia

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   The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (c. 31) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that significantly reformed the common law doctrine of privity and "thereby [removed] one of the most universally disliked and criticised blots on the legal landscape". [2]

3. Third-party beneficiary - Wikipedia

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   A third-party beneficiary, in the law of contracts, is a person who may have the right to sue on a contract, despite not having originally been an active party to the contract. This right, known as a ius quaesitum tertio , [ 1 ] arises when the third party ( tertius or alteri ) is the intended beneficiary of the contract, as opposed to a mere ...

4. Boilerplate clause - Wikipedia

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   An assignment clause either expressly prohibits or permits transfers of rights or obligations under the contract to a third party to the contract. An example: Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under the Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by either party without ...

5. Privity of contract - Wikipedia

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   Easton, where a contract was made for work to be done in exchange for payment to a third party. When the third party attempted to sue for the payment, he was held to be not privy to the contract, and so his claim failed. This was fully linked to the doctrine of consideration, and established as such, with the more famous case of Tweddle v ...

6. Privity in English law - Wikipedia

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   Privity is a doctrine in English contract law that covers the relationship between parties to a contract and other parties or agents. At its most basic level, the rule is that a contract can neither give rights to, nor impose obligations on, anyone who is not a party to the original agreement, i.e. a "third party".

7. Piggy-back (law) - Wikipedia

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   The clause will come into effect when that person decides to sell all or a significant part (the percentage can be decided upon in the convention) of their shares to a third party (who may or may not be a shareholder). Should this person, or group of people, decide to sell their shares, the other shareholders can 'piggy-back' into the original ...