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/F5 51 0 R << >> /GS8 54 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /Parent 2 0 R No customer in a thousand ever read the conditions: Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1971] 2 QB 163, at 169. /Type /Group /F1 47 0 R McKendrick, E Content may require purchase if you do not have access. For example, the CRA sets out that the courts must consider the fairness of terms in consumer contracts even where the parties to a case do not raise it as an issue, so long as the court has sufficient information to allow it to do so. /StructParents 23 Magnus, U Consumer sales and associated guarantees in Twigg-Flesner, C (ed) The Cambridge Companion to European Union Private Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010)Google Scholar. /F6 52 0 R /F1 47 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 121 0 R 121 0 R 121 0 R 122 0 R 122 0 R 122 0 R 122 0 R 123 0 R 123 0 R 123 0 R 257 0 R 257 0 R 257 0 R 257 0 R 257 0 R 257 0 R 257 0 R 257 0 R 257 0 R 257 0 R /Contents 91 0 R /F10 70 0 R >> Again, the consumer cannot choose a replacement over a repair or vice versa if the chosen remedy is disproportionate compared to the other remedy. Section 62(4): A term is unfair if, contrary to the requirement of good faith, it causes a significant imbalance in the parties rights and obligations under the contract to the detriment of the consumer. This was also the policy of the UTCCR; see Reg 5(1), 1999 Regulations. . /Parent 2 0 R Explanatory Notes to Act, at [341], relying on Penzugyi, above n 87. 422 0 R 422 0 R 422 0 R 422 0 R 422 0 R 423 0 R 424 0 R 424 0 R 424 0 R 424 0 R /CS /DeviceRGB /CS /DeviceRGB As acknowledged by the government in its Explanatory Notes to the Act, at [5]. See /F5 51 0 R Alexander Hickey KC Call 1995 King's Counsel 2016 Martyn Naylor Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. /F1 47 0 R (1) Subsection (3) applies to a contract to supply goods if before the contract is made the consumer makes known to the trader (expressly or by implication) any particular purpose for which the consumer is contracting for the goods. 203 0 R 204 0 R 457 0 R 205 0 R 458 0 R 207 0 R 209 0 R 459 0 R 210 0 R 211 0 R Where goods are supplied by reference to a model seen or examined by a consumer before they enter into a contract (e.g. /S /Transparency /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] 288 0 R 288 0 R 289 0 R 289 0 R 289 0 R 289 0 R 289 0 R 289 0 R 289 0 R 289 0 R 2 It has been described by consumer organisation Which? /Type /Page /Group << /Tabs /S endobj 30 [425 0 R 426 0 R 427 0 R 428 0 R 429 0 R 430 0 R 431 0 R 432 0 R 432 0 R 432 0 R endobj Section 62(5), implementing Art 4.1 of the Directive. The need for such reform is detailed in the Act's explanatory notes, that consumer law was seen as unnecessarily complex and fragmented. 290 0 R 290 0 R] endobj Does the Consumer Rights Act 2015 represent a valuable consolidation of EU and UK consumer policy, or are EU rights being absorbed into a distinctive national framework of consumer rights? On the difficulties arising from not including the CRD within this consolidating Act, see When it comes to the provision of services, the CRA largely reflects the relevant provisions of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982. endobj See Art 8(2), CSD and, generally, >> 12 0 obj 264 0 R 264 0 R 264 0 R 264 0 R 265 0 R 265 0 R 265 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R /Resources << << /F4 50 0 R /Type /Group /F4 50 0 R >> 'In developing proposals for the Consumer Rights Act 2015, the Government has taken into account the denitions and measures contained within the CRD and, as far as appropriate, has made the Act consistent with the CRD, . /Resources << /Parent 2 0 R /Parent 2 0 R /F4 50 0 R >> << ), EU Competition Law: Text, Cases and Materials. 40. /P 3 0 R 26 [387 0 R 388 0 R 389 0 R 390 0 R 391 0 R 392 0 R 393 0 R 394 0 R 395 0 R 395 0 R 14 [250 0 R 251 0 R 252 0 R 253 0 R 254 0 R 255 0 R 255 0 R 255 0 R 255 0 R 255 0 R /Contents 56 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] 35 0 obj /ExtGState << << /S /Transparency 10 0 obj /GS7 53 0 R 108. >> /F9 65 0 R 215 0 R] /MediaBox [0 0 595.32 841.92] /Tabs /S /Type /Page Click to subscribe or manage your email preferences. 407 0 R 407 0 R 407 0 R 407 0 R 407 0 R 408 0 R] /F5 51 0 R /F4 50 0 R If you bought your car after 01 October 2015, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies. 123. It is designed to bring together, improve and update UK consumer law and its main provisions will come into force on 1 October 2015. /F2 48 0 R stream Google Scholar. 305 0 R 306 0 R 307 0 R 308 0 R 314 0 R 473 0 R 315 0 R 316 0 R 317 0 R 474 0 R Case 137/08 VB Penzugyi Lizing Zrt v Ferenc Schneider [2011] 2 CMLR 1, at [44] (exclusive territorial jurisdiction clause). /F8 64 0 R /XObject << /GS8 54 0 R The potential for difficulty had been recognised from the time of transposition of the Directive: see /Type /Group Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi; ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67, [2015] 3 WLR 1373, [105] per Lords Neuberger and Sumption (Lord Carnwath agreeing). Cf Pt 1B of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982. /Tabs /S 153 0 R 154 0 R 154 0 R 154 0 R 154 0 R 154 0 R 154 0 R 154 0 R 154 0 R 154 0 R 201 0 R] 149 0 R 149 0 R 150 0 R 150 0 R 150 0 R 150 0 R 150 0 R 150 0 R 150 0 R 150 0 R English and Scottish Law Commissions Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts: Advice to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (March 2013) s 32. appearance and finish of the goods. 2019. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (the "CRA) has been billed as the biggest overhaul of consumer rights in a generation. /F6 52 0 R /Contents 89 0 R Teubner, G Legal irritants: good faith in British law and how unifying law ends up in new divergences (1998) 61 Mod L Rev 11.Google Scholar, 65. Gavrilovic, N The Unfair Contract Terms Directive through the practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union: interpretation or something more? (2013) 9 Eur Rev Cont L 163.CrossRefGoogle Scholar. 27 [400 0 R 401 0 R 402 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R << Trstenjak, AG in Penzugyi << The Act further introduces easier routes for consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to challenge anti-competitive behaviour through the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). 14 0 obj /Type /Page /StructParents 18 36 0 obj /F1 47 0 R Note that s 23(3) rectifies s 48B(3)(c) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979, which arguably incorrectly implemented the Directive: see Twigg-Flesner et al, above n 47, p 511. Bridge, M A comment on Toward a universal doctrine of breach: the impact of CISG by Jrgen Basedow (2005) 25 Int'l Rev L & Econ 501 /GS8 54 0 R /Type /Page >> 462 0 R 225 0 R 226 0 R 227 0 R 228 0 R 229 0 R 230 0 R 240 0 R 241 0 R 242 0 R 23 0 obj /S /Transparency >> Note that s 2(8) sets out the definition of goods, which does derive from Art 2(3) of the CRD. 120. /CS /DeviceRGB /Type /Page /Type /Page /F1 47 0 R 72. Gerstenberg, O Constitutional reasoning in private law: the role of the CJEU in adjudicating unfair terms in consumer contracts (2015) 21 Eur L J 599 at 621.CrossRefGoogle Scholar, 137. 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R /Type /Page The Consumer Rights Act 2015 seeks to consolidate in one place key consumer rights covering contracts for goods, services and digital content, and the law relating to unfair terms in consumer contracts. Ksler, above n 87, at [75]; Matei v SC Volksbank Romania SA (C-143/13) [2015] 1 WLR 2385, at [74][75]. Above n 70, at [9.319.35], finding that the reform would affect very few cases in that it is rare for a consumer to negotiate about any term except the price or main subject matter. /CS /DeviceRGB >> /Resources << /StructParents 26 In the case that the trader breaches the requirement that it has the right to supply the goods, a longstanding requirement under the SGA that has been imported into the CRA, the consumer is entitled to reject the goods for a full refund. See also /F10 70 0 R Where a trader agrees to install the goods they are supplying, or arrange for them to be installed, that installation must be done correctly. /Font << /Resources << It does not cover contracts of employment or apprenticeship: s 61(2). /Group << /Group << 1. >> This remedy is only triggered if repair or replacement is impossible or not provided within a reasonable timeframe or without significant inconvenience to the consumer. >> 214 0 R 214 0 R 214 0 R 214 0 R 214 0 R 214 0 R 214 0 R 214 0 R 214 0 R 214 0 R >> 5f:1hFypP|F{`KdP"a[AD >(V+}]PB#{nQdae|!mXo(> }}V|feebYbvFTp`H+x >> Clarified as a natural person in the Explanatory Notes, at [36]. See also /F1 47 0 R Google Scholar. (2010) 18 Eur Rev Private L 307 at 314Google Scholar. << H-W, Micklitz and Reich, N The court and Sleeping Beauty: the revival of the Unfair Contract Terms Directive (2014) 51 Common Market L Rev 771 at 802 Has data issue: false /Parent 2 0 R 11 [216 0 R 217 0 R 218 0 R 219 0 R 220 0 R 221 0 R 222 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R CrossRefGoogle Scholar. A consumer is deemed to be somebody acting for purposes wholly or mainly outside of their trade, business, craft or profession. >> a car on a showroom floor or a TV in a department store) the goods must match the model, unless the relevant differences are brought to the consumers attention before they enter into the contract. >> /ExtGState << 280 0 R 280 0 R 280 0 R 280 0 R 280 0 R 280 0 R 280 0 R 280 0 R 280 0 R 280 0 R Google Scholar, who argue that case-law had implicitly raised the effectiveness threshold that national procedural rules for the enforcement of EU rights must meet. The UK Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 SI 2008/1277, Reg 2(2) on this basis mirror the CJEU's approach in Case C-210/96 Gut Springenheide GmbH and Rudolf Tusky v Oberkreisdirektor des Kreises Steinfurt-Amt fr Lebensmittelberwachung [1998] ECR I-4657 (on egg labelling). /F4 50 0 R /F5 51 0 R The Government has supported the introduction of reform measures in order to boost consumer confidence. /F1 47 0 R The CRA introduces a new regime specifically for digital content defined as data which is produced and supplied in digital form and offers some welcome clarity as previously it was often unclear as to whether digital content should be categorised as goods or services in certain contexts. /S /Transparency xVOP>I,n&-iR(m&K/s[ZJHLs8?gKY6yrme|jF|6OMj5eG^5}2e)>bPHAuOcA;t@hh@2 11. >> 28 [409 0 R 410 0 R 411 0 R 412 0 R 413 0 R 414 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R 415 0 R The Consumer Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2015/1629 Regs 46 revoke the provisions of the 2013 Regulations in so far as they are replicated in the Act. 33 0 obj /Tabs /S Section 64(6) provides that this section does not apply to a term of a contract listed in Pt 1 of Sch 2. Codification: the future of English consumer law? /F1 47 0 R 330 0 R 330 0 R 330 0 R 331 0 R 332 0 R 332 0 R 332 0 R 332 0 R 332 0 R 332 0 R However, traders should be aware that if those standards are not met then the consumer can avail themselves of the statutory remedies relating to goods under the CRA. << MADISON, Wis. (AP) A Democratic member of the commission that oversees Wisconsin elections plans to resign. 231 0 R 231 0 R 231 0 R 231 0 R 231 0 R 231 0 R 232 0 R 232 0 R 232 0 R 232 0 R 190 0 R 454 0 R 191 0 R 192 0 R 455 0 R 194 0 R 195 0 R 456 0 R 197 0 R 202 0 R >> Barry, D et al Blackstone's Guide to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016)Google Scholar paras 3.783.133. >> 57. /Type /Page The statutory remedy for breach of these terms under the CRA is usually a right to recover costs incurred as a result, up to the whole price paid. 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R Leczykiewicz, D and Weatherill, S (eds) The Images of the Consumer in EU Law (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2016).Google Scholar. I am grateful for every post you make.https://my-mannequins.co.uk. /ExtGState << Cf M Amos Transplanting human rights norms: the case of the United Kingdom's Human Rights Act (2013) 35 Hum Rts Q 386. >> In 2009, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission recommended that more certainty was needed over how long the short-term right to reject lasted and recommended that, to give certainty, in normal circumstances, a consumer should have 30 days to return faulty goods and receive a refund: above n 16. /Contents 68 0 R Hondius, E The notion of consumer: European Union vs. << Traders should note that the pre-contractual information that the trader must supply to the consumer under the CCRs is expressly included as terms of the contract between the trader and consumer under both the CCRs and now the CRA. Staudenmayer was, at the time, assistant to the Director-General, Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection. Unlike the SSGCRs, the CRA and associated guidance have clarified that the consumer only has to accept one repair or replacement. To minimise that risk, it might make sense for contractors to address the supply of appliances by way of a separate contract. 150 0 R 150 0 R 150 0 R 151 0 R 151 0 R 151 0 R 151 0 R 151 0 R 151 0 R 152 0 R Notably Art 34 TFEU. /Type /Catalog 106 0 R 106 0 R 106 0 R 106 0 R 106 0 R 107 0 R 108 0 R 109 0 R 110 0 R 111 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /GS8 54 0 R See eg, recently in relation to the 1993 Directive, Case C-537/13, iba v Devnas ECLI:EU:C:2015:14, at [22] and Case C-488/11 Asbeek Brusse and de Man Garabito EU:C:2013:341, at [31]. /S /Transparency 418 0 R 418 0 R 418 0 R 418 0 R 418 0 R 419 0 R 419 0 R 419 0 R 419 0 R 419 0 R Prechal, S eBay AND PayPal ignoring the Consumer Rights Act 2015 - buyer protection worthless? /Group << /ExtGState << A trader is defined in the CRA as somebody acting for purposes relating to that person's trade, business, craft or profession whether personally or through another person acting on their behalf. /Resources << Staudenmayer, D The Directive on the Sale of Consumer Goods and Associated Guarantees a milestone in the European consumer and private law (2000) 4 Eur Rev Private L 547 Previously: the definition of the main subject matter of the contract. 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This date applies to the main provisions of the Act, although some provisions were introduced at an earlier date. Services must be carried out with reasonable care and skill, which in effect means a trader must work to the same standard as any reasonably competent person in that trade. >> See also >> /CS /DeviceRGB The one exception (established under subsection (4)) is that for perishable goods that would not be reasonably expected to last longer than 30 days; the period for exercising the short-term right to reject lasts only as long as it would be reasonable to expect those goods to last. /ExtGState << 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R These are areas where there has been considerable activity at both a national and an EU level. the safety of the goods. 356 0 R 356 0 R 356 0 R 357 0 R 357 0 R 357 0 R 357 0 R 357 0 R 357 0 R 357 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 342 0 R 380 0 R 380 0 R 380 0 R 380 0 R 380 0 R 380 0 R 380 0 R 380 0 R 380 0 R 380 0 R /Font << >> View all Google Scholar citations See Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013/3134, Reg 4 and The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012/3110 Reg 2. /Type /Group 30. Total loading time: 0 /Type /Group 10. /S /Transparency /F1 47 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /F5 51 0 R /Contents 88 0 R 54. /S /Transparency 358 0 R 358 0 R 358 0 R 358 0 R 358 0 R 358 0 R 358 0 R 358 0 R 358 0 R 358 0 R 55. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] /Resources << 10 Goods to be fit for particular purpose. /Resources << /Group << /Resources << /Contents 58 0 R >> /S /Transparency The Consumer Rights Act 2015 forms the centrepiece of UK consumer law reform. 30 0 obj /ExtGState << /F4 50 0 R /Group << Abstract: The Consumer Rights Act 2015 seeks to consolidate in one place key consumer rights covering contracts for goods, services, and digital content and the law relating to unfair terms in consumer contracts. 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R A term is unfair if "contrary to the requirement of good faith, it causes a significant imbalance in the parties' rights and obligations under the contract to the detriment of the consumer". /S /Transparency 223 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R 223 0 R Zimmermann, R and Whittaker, S (eds) Good Faith in European Contract Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000).Google Scholar. /Parent 2 0 R >> /S /Transparency 383 0 R 383 0 R 383 0 R 383 0 R 383 0 R 384 0 R 384 0 R 384 0 R 385 0 R 385 0 R /Group << /F4 50 0 R However, the CRA does include a special right for consumers to receive either a repair or compensation where digital content supplied under a contract (whether free or paid-for) causes damage to a device or other digital content they own that would not have occurred if the trader had exercised reasonable care and skill. << The Consumer Rights Act 2015 a bastion of European Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 applies to contracts with consumers for the sale of goods, digital content and services concluded on or after 1 October 2015. 126. /ExtGState << Willett, C Fairness and consumer decision making under the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2010) 33 J Consumer Pol'y 247 at 271.CrossRefGoogle Scholar, 136. 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R 403 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] << /MediaBox [0 0 595.32 841.92] /F6 52 0 R The Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the EU Consumer Rights Directive - how do they interact? It should be noted, however, that not all Member States have implemented the requirement for non individually negotiated terms; eg Austria, Czech Republic, France, Finland and Sweden. /GS8 54 0 R The CRA merges the various rules under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 ("UCTA") and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (the "UTCCRs") which give consumers protection against contractual wording that could be used to give traders an unfair advantage. >> >> /Font << /S /Transparency /F1 47 0 R /ExtGState << Essentially it says a car must be 'of a satisfactory quality', 'fit for purpose' and 'as described'. >> v OTP Jelzalogbank Zrt [2014] 2 All ER (Comm) 443. /S /Transparency >> /CS /DeviceRGB 266 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R 266 0 R /GS8 54 0 R Weatherill, S 140 0 R 140 0 R 140 0 R 140 0 R 140 0 R 140 0 R 140 0 R 140 0 R 140 0 R 140 0 R /Marked true Article 2(2) CRD: trader means any natural person or any legal person, irrespective of whether privately or publicly owned, who is acting, including through any other person acting in his name or on his behalf, for purposes relating to his trade, business, craft or profession in relation to contracts covered by this Directive. Provisions for secondary ticketing and lettings came into force on 27 May 2015, [2] and provisions for alternative dispute resolution . Jo Swinson (then Consumer Minister) Biggest overhaul of consumer rights in a generation Press Release 27 March 2015. /Parent 2 0 R Summary. /Annots [57 0 R] It also does so for unfair terms and consumer notices. 212 0 R 213 0 R 216 0 R 460 0 R 217 0 R 218 0 R 219 0 R 461 0 R 221 0 R 224 0 R /Font << /F2 48 0 R Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content, Brussels (9 December 2015) COM (2015) 634 final. /StructParents 7 >> /F6 52 0 R The CRA also imposes a term that the trader has the right to provide the digital content. /CS /DeviceRGB >> /MediaBox [0 0 595.32 841.92] If a price has not been agreed, the service must be completed for a reasonable price. >> /ExtGState << /Resources << Samuels, A The Consumer Rights Act 2015 [2015] J Bus L 159 /F6 52 0 R /F1 47 0 R /Contents 40 0 R In particular, the Consumer Sales Directive 99/44/EC, the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive 93/13/EEC and the Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU have all made significant changes to Member State law, promoting the idea of the informed consumer, able to assert his or her rights in entering consumer contracts. 31. 276 0 R 276 0 R 276 0 R 276 0 R 276 0 R 276 0 R 276 0 R 276 0 R 276 0 R 276 0 R 28. EU Competition Law: Text, Cases and Materials (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 6th edn, 2016) ch 13CrossRefGoogle Scholar; /F12 77 0 R Enhancing Consumer Confidence by Clarifying Consumer Law (London: BIS, 2012)Google Scholar. 2000(2) (http://www.bailii.org/uk/other/journals/WebJCLI/2000/issue2/flesner2.html, accessed 16 September 2016)Google Scholar. 45. See also /ModDate (D:20160922113415+01'00') /Type /Group /F1 47 0 R Importantly, the CRA only applies to contracts between a trader and a consumer. 42. >> << /F1 47 0 R >> Kenny, M (2011) 19 Eur Rev Private L 43 Willett, C General clauses and the competing ethics of European consumer law in the UK [2012] Cambridge L J 412.CrossRefGoogle Scholar, 134. 238 0 R 238 0 R 238 0 R 238 0 R 238 0 R 238 0 R 238 0 R 238 0 R 238 0 R 238 0 R 125. /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] 232 0 R 232 0 R 232 0 R 232 0 R 233 0 R 233 0 R 233 0 R 233 0 R 233 0 R 233 0 R The author would like to thank Lucinda Miller, Albert Sanchez Graells, Keith Stanton, Keith Syrett and the two anonymous Legal Studies reviewers for their helpful suggestions in the preparation of this paper. /F5 51 0 R >> 381 0 R 381 0 R 381 0 R 381 0 R 381 0 R 382 0 R 383 0 R 383 0 R 383 0 R 383 0 R 111. /ExtGState << >> 20 [314 0 R 315 0 R 316 0 R 317 0 R 318 0 R 319 0 R 320 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R 321 0 R /CS /DeviceRGB /Type /Page Van Hoecke, M and Warrington, M Legal cultures, legal paradigms and legal doctrine: towards a new model for comparative law (1998) 47 Int'l Comp L Q 495 at 533.CrossRefGoogle Scholar. /MarkInfo << 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R 371 0 R] 47. /StructParents 10 /S /Transparency /F4 50 0 R These are areas where there has been considerable activity at both a national and an EU level. /Tabs /S 334 0 R 335 0 R 336 0 R 337 0 R 338 0 R 339 0 R 340 0 R 341 0 R 348 0 R 478 0 R >> /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] >> 248 0 R 249 0 R] 37 0 obj >> >> /F8 64 0 R Wilhelmsson, T The abuse of the confident consumer as justification for EC consumer law (2004) 27 J Consumer Pol'y 317 /MediaBox [0 0 595.32 841.92] >> CrossRefGoogle Scholar. /GS7 53 0 R Ancery, A and Wissink, M Case-note on Pannon /F6 52 0 R 185 0 R 185 0 R 185 0 R 185 0 R 185 0 R 185 0 R 185 0 R 185 0 R 186 0 R 187 0 R But what are the main changes and how should businesses selling to consumers prepare for the CRA's implementation? The "Grey List" of terms that may be unfair that is provided in the UTCCRs has three new additions and appears in Schedule 2 of the CRA. 131. 255 0 R 255 0 R 256 0 R 256 0 R 256 0 R 256 0 R 256 0 R 256 0 R 256 0 R 256 0 R /F1 47 0 R /CS /DeviceRGB /F6 52 0 R /ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC /ImageI] (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. /Type /Group 89. 319 0 R 323 0 R 475 0 R 324 0 R 325 0 R 326 0 R 476 0 R 328 0 R 333 0 R 477 0 R >> 398 0 R 398 0 R 399 0 R] There are certain aspects of EU legislation or case law that are now made more explicit via inclusion in the CRA. 258 0 R] MillerCrossRefGoogle Scholar, however, questions whether, despite apparent similarities, common law development of ss 1315 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 had led to a different interpretation of key concepts such as description found in s 13 SGA and Art 2(2)(a) of the Directive: >> 450 0 R 156 0 R 157 0 R 158 0 R 451 0 R 160 0 R 167 0 R 452 0 R 168 0 R 169 0 R /Parent 2 0 R Hostname: page-component-75b8448494-2jmwc /Endnote /Note >> /F1 47 0 R If they can't set things right, you can claim a price reduction. /F1 47 0 R /Parent 2 0 R These measures will not be dealt with in this paper, although it should be noted that UK competition law is now heavily influenced by EU law: see Partial rejection of goods 22. /F4 50 0 R /StructParents 29 >> >> /ExtGState << >> /StructParents 9 /Type /Group /GS8 54 0 R CrossRefGoogle Scholar. /MediaBox [0 0 595.32 841.92] >> as 'the biggest shake up in consumer rights law in a generation'. >> I am not quite sure I completely agree with your assertions on misrepresentations and as for clarity/simplification issues of common law incorporation are surely of less importance as the Act aims to throw more responsibility onto the business of the potential consequences of reliance on the the use of unfair terms. 412 0 R 413 0 R 414 0 R 420 0 R 485 0 R 425 0 R 426 0 R 427 0 R 428 0 R 486 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 595.32 841.92] 25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R 30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R 34 0 R 31 0 obj /StructParents 20 /GS7 53 0 R 21. Penzugyi, above n 87, at [46][48]; Joined cases C-240/98 to C-244/98 Ocano Grupo Editorial SA v Quintero [2000] ECR I-4941, at [25][27]. /Type /Page Part 2 of the CRA will replace the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (UTCCRs), inits entirety, and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) in so far as it affects consumer contracts. /Type /Group The Act consists of three main parts: Luckily, we've condensed what we believe to be the most important parts, so you don't have to sift through it all yourself. /CS /DeviceRGB 20. Contract Law: Text, Cases and Materials (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 6th edn, 2014) p 435

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