With regard to English law, no - see the Contract (Rights of Third  

Parties) Act 1999.

I believe that there was similar legislation in New Zealand in the  

early 1980s.

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Hector L MacQueen

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Edinburgh Law School

University of Edinburgh

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Quoting Nathan Oman <nate.oman@gmail.com>:

> Does English law still generally deny third-party beneficiaries to a

> contract the right to sue and if so is the rule widely followed in

> Commonwealth jurisdictions?

>

> Sent from my iPhone

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