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035 _a(Sirsi) u116227
100 _aPark, A.
245 _aCompensating commercial agents
260 _c2001
490 _aNew Law Journal
_v151(7009) 23 November 2001, 1739-1741(3)
520 _aThe EC Commercial Agents Directive (86/653) ensured that commercial agents would be entitled to compensation on termination of agency relationships. A recent judgement by the Scottish Court in King v Tunnock appeared to have resolved problems of the amount of compensation by following the French practice of awarding the agent 2 years gross commission. However it is becoming clear that the French approach will rarely produce a fair result and while Scottish courts must follow King until it is over-ruled, English courts need not do the same. Until an effective precedent is created, compromise would seem to the safest recommendation as the likely compensation award is highly uncertain.
590 _aABS
650 _aCOMMERCIAL AGENTS
650 _aCOMMERCIAL AGENTS DIRECTIVE
650 _aKING V TUNNOCK LTD
650 _aEC DIRECTIVE 86/53
650 _aEUROPEAN COMMISSION
650 _aSCOTTISH LAW
690 _aPROPERTY MANAGEMENT-COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
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