Professor of Law

Recent Publications

Books

L Koffman & E Macdonald, The Law of Contract (OUP), 7th ed (2010) 649pp

E. Macdonald , Exemption Clauses and Unfair Terms, (2006) 2nd ed Tottel Publishing 337pp

D Rowland and E Macdonald, Information Technology Law, Cavendish Publishing, London, (3rd ed) 2005, 573 pp.

L Koffman & E Macdonald, The Law of Contract, (OUP) 6th ed 2004 656 pp

L Koffman & E Macdonald, The Law of Contract, (Lexis Nexis Tolley) 5th ed 2004 668 pp

L Koffman & E Macdonald, The Law Of Contract , (Butterworths Tolley) 4th ed (2001) 594 pp

Articles and Chapter Contributions

‘Casting aside “Officious Bystanders” and “Business Efficacy”?’ (2009) 26 Journal of Contract Law 97-101

‘Bank Charges and the Core Exemption: Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National’ (2008) 71 Modern Law Review  987-998.

(Quoted with approval by the Court of Appeal )

'Contents of the Contract', The Law of Contract  (Butterworths Common Law Library) (3d ed) (ed. M Furmston) LexisNexis Butterworth, 2007, 597-774.

'Unfair Contract Terms Act-thirty years on', Contract Terms, (ed. A. Burrows and E.Peel), OUP, 2007, 153-172.

'Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts' (2005) Law Quarterly Review 38-41

'Bugs and Breaches'(2005) 13 International Journal of Law and Information Technology 118-138

(With D Poyton) 'E-Commerce: Recognizing the Context' in Issues in International Commercial Law (ed I. Davies) Ashgate Publishing, 2005, 151-170.

'Unifying Unfair Terms Legislation' (2004) Modern Law Review 69-93

Contents of the contract section in The Law of Contract (Butterworths Common Law Library) M.P. Furmston ed. Butterworths 2nd ed (2003) 515-676

'Developing Investors: Previous Decisions, Third Parties and Contract Interpretation' (2003) Journal of Obligations and Remedies' 87-93

Scope and Fairness of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations' (2002) Modern Law Review 763-773

Watford Electronics v Sanderson – (2001) Web LJ

Papers

'Unfair Contract Terms Act –Thirty Years on (or thereabouts)' Paper delivered at the Oxford –Norton Rose Colloquium September 2006

Recent PhD Supervision

'Electronic Contracts'

I would welcome proposals or enquiries for research into contract law, e-commerce law (particularly contractual aspects), and information technology law (particularly system supply contracts).