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- 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 (4th edn, OUP 2022) 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 (22nd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2021) 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.