Varying a contract, subcontracting, third party rights and transfers

This subtopic provides an overview of varying contracts and third party rights. It includes the following Practice Notes and Precedents:.

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   Practice Note: Ireland—Contracts and third-party rights considers why a third party may wish to rely on a contract to which it is not privy, and whether the common law doctrine of privity contract may be avoided by recognising instead a collateral agreement, a group contract, or an agency scenario on the given facts. It also considered when a third party can make a claim under an insurance contract or consumer legislation

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   Practice Note: Ireland—Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contract discusses the common law doctrine of privity of contract, the exceptions to it, how the doctrine affects enforcing a contract against a third party and what happens when, notwithstanding the lack of privity, a contract has an indirect effect on a third party

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   Practice Note: Third party rights against insurers in Ireland compares third party rights against insurers in Ireland against the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 which is