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Our update of 13 December 2013 alerted businesses to the fact that although the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Payments) Regulations 2013 had been adopted, they were not being implemented until mid-2014 so businesses have some time to plan for the changes. Finding ourselves now firmly into 2014, it is time to drive home to businesses that contrary to the lack of hype, the scope of the changes to distance selling is really quite substantial. The amended cancellation period is the tip of the iceberg. Standard trading documents will have to be updated and amended among other practical alterations to the way businesses interface with customers. In some circumstances, the consequences of ignoring the Regulations will include giving consumers a year within which to cancel a contract. The Regulations are the secondary legislation bringing into force the EC Consumer Rights Directive but they are tumbling quickly towards us and if businesses engaging in distance selling aren’t mindful, they will be caught out by consumers and the law.
A convenience retailer has opted to install cameras (the “Facewatch” system) at a limited number of its English stores to reduce crime and protect its staff.
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The Government appears set to announce plans on ‘living with Covid to restore freedom’. With the success of the retail and hospitality sector key to recovery, what protections will be on offer to tenants to deal with Covid-19 rent arrears?
Break rights have proved a fertile source of litigation over the last few years. More often than not, tenants have found themselves on the wrong end of the decisions. However, a Court of Appeal decision yesterday has bucked that trend.
One of the requirements for tenants to contract out of the security of tenure regime contained in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is that they make a simple or statutory declaration before entering into the lease.
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