Contract Laws of Asia – Limitations of Liability

Contract Laws of Asia – Limitations of Liability (softcopy)

This fully-cited and internally-hyperlinked publication covers 12 key jurisdictions for cross-border contracting for parties in the Asia Pacific: Australia, China, England and Wales, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New York law, the Philippines, Singapore Thailand and Vietnam.

Across 99 pages, the publication focuses on:

operation of exclusion and limitation of liability clauses in contracts in select common law jurisdictions, such as their requirements, restrictions (at common law and by statute, where applicable) and interpretation, whether non-contractual wrongs can be excluded and limited, etc.; and
operation of exclusion and limitation of liability clauses in contracts in select civil law and hybrid jurisdictions, such as whether different standards apply to specific types of contracts or under specialised laws.

Date of Publication: July 2023

Publication Format: PDF only

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Overview

Please contact info@abli.asia for queries relating to this publication. Please kindly note that this publication is only available in PDF format. There is no print version.

The Contract Laws of Asia – Limitations of Liability focuses on:

operation of exclusion and limitation of liability clauses in contracts in select common law jurisdictions, such as their requirements, restrictions (at common law and by statute, where applicable) and interpretation, whether non-contractual wrongs can be excluded and limited, etc.; and
operation of exclusion and limitation of liability clauses in contracts in select civil law and hybrid jurisdictions, such as whether different standards apply to specific types of contracts or under specialised laws.

Jurisdictions and governing laws covered by the publication are:

Civil law and hybrid jurisdictions: China, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
Common law: Australia, England and Wales, India, Malaysia, New York law, Singapore

This is a fully-cited, 99-page publication where contents are internally hyperlinked to offer readers an easier navigation experience. Where relevant, external links are also included for statutes and cases.

Table of content

Australia (pp 11 – 15)

Jonathan Slater, Ananya Roy and Christian McDowell of Clayton Utz

China (pp 16 – 20)

Deng Yongquan of Anli Partners and Dr Du Guodong of Hylands Law Firm

England and Wales (pp 21 – 35)

Rhys Thomas, David Harding and Zhi Ong of Jones Day

India (pp 36 – 44)

Vivek Kathpalia, Dipti Bedi, Pragati Sharma and Abhilasha Malpani of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Indonesia (pp 45 – 47)

Fransiscus Rodyanto and Fadhira Mediana of SSEK Law Firm

Japan (pp 48 – 52)