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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]
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With the passing of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 on 11 November 1999 the doctrine was significantly altered, and it now allows a third party to enforce the terms of a contract if the third party is specifically authorised to do so by the contract or if the contractual terms "purport to confer a benefit" on such third party.
Third-party insurance - A third party may claim under an insurance policy made for their benefit, even though that party did not pay the premiums. Contracts for the benefit of a group , where a contract to supply a service is made in one person's name but is intended to sue at common law if the contract is breached; there is no privity of ...
Supplementary provisions relating to third party "and excludes the section of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 that covers negligence from applying in actions against a third party." - Should this be "applying to actions" rather than "applying in actions"? Indeed; my apologies; fixed. Ironholds 12:26, 20 December 2009 (UTC)
Jus tertii (English: rights of a third party/ stranger) is a term for the legal argument by which a person can defend a claim made against them by invoking the rights of a stranger to the dispute. The defence asserts that the rights of the stranger are superior to those of the claimant; in other words the defence is that the claimant has ...
A contract made in favor of a third party is known as a "third-party beneficiary contract." Under traditional common law , the ius quaesitum tertio principle was not recognized, instead relying on the doctrine of privity of contract , which restricts rights, obligations, and liabilities arising from a contract to the contracting parties (said ...
It has been said the Regulations "sit atop the Act like an ill-fitting wig". [1] The 1994 Regulations were declared an insufficient implementation of the Directive, and had to be replaced by the 1999 Regulations; but once again, the opportunity to consolidate the law into an updated Unfair Contracts Terms Act was missed.