• Andrew McGee , ‘Termination of a Commercial Agency: The Agent’s Rights’ [2011] 8 JBL 782.

Critically analyses the law in relation to a commercial agent’s right to compensation or an indemnity, with particular emphasis on the House of Lords decision in Lonsdale v Howard & Hallam Ltd.

• Roderick Munday, Agency: Law and Principles (3rd edn, OUP 2016) ch 13.

Provides a clear and accessible, yet detailed, account of the law relating to the termination of agency.

• Francis Reynolds, ‘When is an Agent’s Authority Irrevocable? ’ in Ross Cranston (ed),

Making Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Roy Goode (Clarendon Press, 1997) 259. Discusses in detail those instances when the authority of an agent is deemed to be irrevocable.

• Séverine Saintier , Commercial Agency Law: A Comparative Analysis (Ashgate, 2002) 242–60.

This text focuses on the Commercial Agents Directive and its implementation by the
UK and France, which is especially useful in relation to a commercial agent’s right to compensation or an indemnity. Pages 242–60 discuss the termination of commercial agencies.

• Séverine Saintier , ‘ Final Guidelines on Compensation of Commercial Agents ’ (2008) 124 LQR 31.

Critically evaluates the case of Lonsdale v Howard & Hallam Ltd and argues that the approach adopted by the House of Lords raises questions about the effectiveness of the EU’s attempts to harmonize the law in this area.

• Peter G Watts, Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency (21st edn, Sweet & Maxwell, 2018) chs 10 and paras 11-037–11-058.

The definitive text on the law of agency. Chapter 10 discusses the termination of non-commercial agencies, whereas paras 11-037–11-058 discusses the termination of commercial agencies.