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The Consumer Rights Act 2015 [1] (c. 15) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which consolidates existing consumer protection law legislation and also gives consumers a number of new rights and remedies.
The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was established in 1974. This was the first time a government department's title made reference to consumer protection. In 2011 Consumer Minister Edward Davey announced plans within a policy document called Better Choices, Better Deals: Consumers Powering Growth to ensure that businesses would provide key information to their customers on how ...
The right to repeat performance is a consumer right of remedy created under section 55 of the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, [1] which provides for a new right for a consumer to require a trader to perform a service again, if the trader is in breach of the agreed services contract or its implied terms, or to perform again such part of the service as is necessary in order to conform with the ...
The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/2083) was a UK statutory instrument, which implemented the EU (then EEC) Unfair Consumer Contract Terms Directive into domestic law. [n 1] It replaced an earlier version of similar regulations, [n 2] and overlaps considerably with the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
The main consumer protection laws in the UK are the Consumer Protection Act 1987 and the Consumer Rights Act 2015. The United Kingdom has left the European Union, but during the transition period (until end of 2020) the UK was still bound by directives of the European Union.
As of May 2014, the UK Government has introduced proposed legislation before Parliament. The bill is the "Consumer Rights Bill", and it will consolidate and develop Unfair Contract Terms provisions and Consumer Protection provisions. [8]
Liability of provider of professional services towards their client (and potentially third parties) can arise on a number of different legal bases, including contract, negligence, other torts, equity (such as duties owed by trustees and fiduciaries), as well as statutory rules such as the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (which applies in non-consumer ...
In regard to consumer contracts, the Sale of Goods Act 1979 was replaced by the Consumer Rights Act 2015, which covers contracts entered into from 1 October 2015. [9] The earlier legislation, which continues in respect of business-to-business transactions, was: The Sale of Goods Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 71) The Sale of Goods Act 1979 (c. 54)