Unfair Contract Terms in UK Law
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CMA publishes consultation on unfair contract terms guidance
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on draft guidance on the unfair terms provisions in the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (the Act). Broadly, the Act gives effect in the UK to the ...
- Unfair Contract Terms In Bank Guarantees
- Unfair Contract Terms in Financial Services Consumer Contracts
- Do You Know If Your Contract Terms Are Unfair?
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Consumer Rights Act receives Royal Assent
The Act will reform and consolidate consumer law in the United Kingdom (UK). For insurers offering consumer products the main impact of the Act is likely to be seen in the new laws for digital cont......... digital content and ancillary contracts, unfair contract terms and the changes to the mechanisms ......
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY’S IP PROVISIONS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION V OXFORD NANOIMAGING LIMITED [2022]
Introduction In the recent decision of the UK Patents Court in Oxford University Innovation v Oxford Nanoimaging Limited [2022] EWHC 3200 (Pat), the Court was asked to consider whether UK legislati......... UK legislation protecting consumers from unfair contract terms applied to a contract made between ......
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UCTA and use of industry standard model form facility agreement
In the context of a syndicated facility agreement based on a Loan Market Association standard form, the Court of Appeal confirmed the extent to which negotiation and amendment of a party’s “written......... of a party’s “written standard terms of business” will preclude application of the easonableness requirement, under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA), to clauses ......
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UK Consumer Rights Act 2015
The Consumer Rights Act (“the 2015 Act”) received Royal Assent on 26 March 2015 and comes into force 1 October 2015. The 2015 Act aims to reform and consolidate eight pieces of legislation addressi......... Digital Content. Unfair Contract Terms. Consumer Collective Actions ......
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Recent Contract Law Cases Relevant in the Financial Services Industry
This DechertOnPoint examines some decisions of the English courts in the past year that may have relevance in the financial services industry. It is aimed primarily at in-house counsel and covers d.........Unfair Contract Terms Act Excluding Liability for Misrepresentation Raiffeisen ......
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Complex Commercial Litigation Law Review – England and Wales
The courts of England are some of the most established for dealing with complex commercial litigation. The Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) that apply to civil litigation are robust and provide a clear ......... the courts have always sought to uphold the terms of valid contracts, particularly in situations ..., with the Misrepresentation Act 1967, Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, Limitation Act 1980 and ......
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