Chalmers and Guest on Bills of Exchange - Hardcover

This is an excellent work which deserves a place on the bookshelf of every academic and practitioner who professes an interest in the law of negotiable instruments. Journal of International Arbitration (on a previous edition)

This text outlines banking law and practice in relation to negotiable instruments and considers the impact of modern trends in the area, such as electronic transfer of funds. This edition brings the text completely up-to-date, and includes an extended range of references to Commonwealth authorities. The book outlines changes made to the Cheques Act 1992 and the Deregulation (Bills of Exchange) Order 1996. It incorporates important cases such as Clifford Chance v. Silver (on holders in due course), and Kpohraror v. Woolwich Building Society (on damages for wrongful refusal to pay a customer's cheque).