There is no doubt that this is a valuable book, and it is good that a second edition has been published, both to fill gaps which are almost inevitable in a first edition, and to bring it up to date in the light of recent case law. Even so, the book continues to have flaws.

First, the good features. During the past four years, there has not been a great deal of new case law from the English courts, but what there has been is important. All this is now covered, most importantly cases such as Koch Shipping, Hilton v Parker Booth and Marks & Spencer v Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.