Byles on bills of exchange and cheques / Sir John Barnard Byles.

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2001.

27th ed. by Nicholas Elliot, John Odgers and Jonathan Mark Phillips.

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Bills of exchange and cheques.

Bills of exchange: the law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank notes and cheques.

Negotiable instruments.

Bills of exchange -- Great Britain.

Checks -- Great Britain.

Part one: 1. Nature, purpose and definition

2. Form of bills and notes

3. Payee and drawee

4. Inchoate instruments

5. Inland and foreign bills and notes, bills in a set and copies

6. Capacity

7. Liability on a bill

8. Transfer and negotiation

9. Modes and requisites of transfer

10. Acceptance

11. Duties of holder as to acceptance

12. Presentment for payment

13. Discharge - I

14. Discharge - II

15. Dishonour - notice

16. Dishonour - noting and protest

17. Liabilities of parties

18. Rights of parties

19. Consideration

20. Alteration and forgery

Part Two: 21. The Cheque - I

22. The Cheque - II: the paying bank's liabilities

23. The Cheque - III: the collecting bank

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, interest and costs

29. Limitation of actions

Part six: 30. Lost bills and notes

31. Bill or note as payment

32. Payment made under a mistake

33. The law of principal and surety in its application to bills and notes

34. Insolvency of parties

Appendices: 1. Bills of Exchange Act 1882; Bills of Exchange (Time of Noting) Act 1917

Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971

2. The Geneva Convention on Bills of Exchange of 1932.

Includes index.

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