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UK consumer laws will be merged into a single consolidated law, according to Government proposals. Currently, there are 12 statutes and Regulations, some of which overlap. The UK will also need to bring...
Sony requires PlayStation Network users to sign up to terms and conditions that waive their collective rights of redress
Sony has required its PlayStation Network users to sign up to new terms and conditions that would amount to their waiver of the right to take part in collective legal action, or so-called “class action...
Minimum 12- to 36 month gym memberships were unfair – OFT v Ashbourne Management Services, High Court
The Office of Fair Trading has successfully obtained an injunction against someone who recruited new members for their gym and health club clients. In the standard agreements that X advised their clients...
“We Buy Any Car”…just not at the price you think
We Buy Any Car, the online company that buys cars from consumers for re-sale, has agreed to provide written undertakings as to its future conduct after the OFT claimed that the company’s pricing structure...
EU Member States may impose more consumer-friendly laws than are contained in Unfair Terms Directive – Caja de Ahorros v Associacion de Usuarios de Servicios Bancarios, European Court of Justice
The Unfair Terms Directive states that certain terms in standard business-to-consumer contracts are unfair if they are not in plain language or if they are unfair on consumers. That Directive has been...