Delay in the Performance of Contractual Obligations remains the leading practitioner work on the subject and includes consideration of variations in practice in different sectors. There are many new cases reflected in this new edition. Those of particular relevance to delay in the House of Lords, Supreme Court and Privy Council include (2008) on notices making time of the essence, (2007) on remoteness of damage, (2017) on mitigation, (2007) on the award of interest on damages, (2007) on rent review, and (2015) on the penalty doctrine. Those in the Court of Appeal include (2015) on conditions precedent and the order of performance, (2016) on indemnity clauses, (2013) on force majeure clauses and demurrage, (2010) and (2011) on notices making time of the essence, (2012) on remoteness of damage, (2016) on the late payment of charterparty hire, (2013), (2013) and (2016) on delay as a repudiatory breach, and (2007) and (2008) on the doctrine of frustration. The growing trend towards reliance upon the so-called prevention principle is also treated with particular reference to (2007), (2011), and (2011). The book also discusses the implications of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 on delays in performance. A new chapter has been included in this edition in relation to express contractual provisions dealing with issues of delay, with special reference to construction contracts, charter parties and contracts for the sale of land.