Fairness in consumer contracts : the case of unfair terms / Chris Willett.

Aldershot, Hants. : Ashgate Publishing, 2007.

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Contracts -- Great Britain.

Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.

1. --2. --3. --4. --5. --6. --7. --8. --9. Introduction to fairness issues Freedom, fairness and testing for unfairness Introduction to the fairness regimes Default rules, reasonable expectations and reasonableness under UCTA The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Terms Regulations (UTCCR) The general fairness reviews - UCTA, UTCCR and the new test A broader view of the fairness regimes described The transformation Reviewing the rules on unfair terms in consumer contracts and surveying the bigger picture.

This book examines unfair contract terms in consumer contracts, focussing on existing British legislation and on proposals by the Law Commissions for a new, unified regime.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781840144925

vii, 467 p. ; 24 cm