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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 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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".

6. 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 ...

7. Delegation (law) - Wikipedia

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   Under the common law, a contract clause prohibiting assignment also prohibits delegation. Another common law rule requires that a party to a contract can not delegate performance that involves special skills or reputation (although it is possible to have a novation under such circumstances).

8. Assignment (law) - Wikipedia

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   After the assignment of contractual rights, the assignee will receive all benefits that had accrued to the assignor. For example, if A contracts to sell his car for $100 to B, A may assign the benefits (the right to be paid $100) to C. [b] In this case, Party C is not a third party beneficiary, because the contract was not made for C's benefit ...

9. Tag-along right - Wikipedia

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   Consider an example: A and B are both shareholders in a company, with A being the majority shareholder and B the minority shareholder. C, a third party, offers to buy A's shares at an attractive price, and A accepts. In this situation, tag-along rights would allow B to also participate in the sale under the same terms and conditions as A.