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The European Union Directive on Certain Aspects of the Sale of Consumer Goods and Guarantees provides for consumers anywhere in the EU to have rights for goods to be repaired or replaced or have money...
Suppliers should include provisions expressly in contract to stop buyers from dealing with goods if they suffer an insolvency event – Sandhu v Jet Star, Court of Appeal
As the economy remains in a rocky state, many businesses continue to suffer cash flow and insolvency issues. But suppliers need to continue to trade. So what should they do? At times such as these, a good...
Another case shows that many types of economic loss are direct and do not fall within exclusion of liability for indirect losses – McCain Foods v Eco-Tec, High Court
This case involved the supply of a system by Eco-Tec to McCain. McCain wanted the system to remove hydrogen sulphide so that it could generate heat and electricity. The system was defective. McCain claimed...
Government recommends replacement of consumer laws
The Government has recommended the replacement of three key pieces of consumer legislation that overlap and are similar. It wants to consolidate them into one law so consumers know where to find it, and...
Failure to make exclusion clause wording work under English law rather than US law proves costly – KG Bominflot v Petroplus, Court of Appeal
P supplied oil to B under a free on board (‘FOB’) contract. Clause 18 of the contract stated that there were no ‘guarantees, warranties or representations’ as to the fitness of suitability of the...
International Chamber of Commerce to issue new Incoterms rules for January 2001
The International Chamber of Commerce has announced that it is issuing a new set of Incoterms. The new rules will take effect from 1 January 2011 and the ICC is taking orders now from anyone who wants...