Discuss the rights of a commercial agent to payment on a lawful termination of their agency as a result of the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 and the extent to which the above principle is of benefit to the agent and a burden to the principal.
“Without doubt the most important change introduced into English law by the [Commercial Agents (Council Directive)] Regulations [1993] is the rule that an agent is in principle entitled to some form of compensation for the termination of his agency.”