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• Title:Byles on bills of exchange and cheques / Nicholas Elliott and John Odgers and Jonathan Mark Phillips.
  
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• Author/Creator:Elliott, Nicholas (Financial journalist) author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Odgers, John, author.
  Phillips, Jonathan Mark, author.
  Byles, John Barnard, 1801-1884. Bills of exchange.
  
• Published/Created:London : Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters, 2013.
  

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  • Call Number: KD1696 .B92 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Bills of exchange--Great Britain.
  Checks--Great Britain.
  
• Edition:29th edition.
  
• Description:xcvi, 595 pages ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"Byles on Bills of Exchange and Cheques is the essential reference guide whether you need to use or advise on the use of payment instruments. Giving a detailed narrative account of the law of bills of exchange, promissory notes and cheques, Byles on Bills of Exchange and Cheques explains the law under the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 and its subsequent development and is frequently cited in the courts as an authority on the topic. The new 29th edition brings this classic title up to date, including new material on consideration, gaming, promissory notes, money laundering and restitution."--Publisher's website.
  
• Notes:Previous ed.: 2007.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780414049406
  0414049403
  
• Contents:Part One:
  1. Overview of Bills of Exchange
  2. Form of Bills and Notes
  3. Payee and Drawee
  4. Inchoate Instruments
  5. Bills in an International Context
  6. Capacity
  7. Liability on a Bill
  8. Transfer and Negotiation
  9. Modes and Requisites of Transfer
  10. Acceptance
  11. Presentment for Acceptance
  12. Presentment for Payment
  13. Discharge
  I
  14. Discharge
  II
  15. Dishonour
  I
  16. Dishonour
  II
  17. Liabilities of Parties
  18. Rights of Parties
  19. Consideration
  20. Alteration of Forgery
  Part Two:
  21. The Cheque
  I
  22. The Cheque
  II
  23. The Cheque
  III
  Part Three:
  24. The Promissory Note
  Part Four:
  25. Conflict of Laws
  Part Five:
  26. Procedure
  I: Form of Action, Parties and Summary Judgment
  27. Procedure
  II: Pleading and Evidence
  28. Damages, Interests and Costs
  29. Limitation of Actions
  Part Six:
  30. Lost Bills and Notes
  31. Bill or Note as Payment
  32. Payments under a Mistake
  33. The Law of Principal and Surety in its Application to Bills and Notes
  34. Insolvency of Parties.