Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
COMMERCIAL AGENTS’ COMPENSATION: ENGLAND V. SCOTLAND?
Lonsdale v. Howard & Hallam
Introduction
In Lonsdale
v. Howard & Hallam Ltd
,1
the Court of Appeal sought to provide guidance, for English courts, regarding the calculation of “compensation” under the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993.2
In doing so, it took a generally different
1. [2006] EWCA Civ 63; [2006] 1 WLR 1281; [2006] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 760. (Subsequent references to paragraphs alone are to Lonsdale
.)
2. SI 1993, No. 3053 (as amended).
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