Consumer Law in Scotland

by Cowan Ervine (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $119.76

  This guide to consumer protection law discusses how criminal and civil law, as well as self-regulation by the industry, provide protection for purchasers of goods and services. Radical changes in the control of unfair contract terms have been made as a result of the implementation of the European Directive on Unfair Contract Terms, and these changes are discussed. Coverage includes: an introduction to consumer law; the replacement of merchantability by satisfactory quality by the Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994. Clarification of the buyer's right to reject defective goods and get money back; a replacement part 1A relating to Scotland for the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 providing implied statutory terms in contract of hire, barter and so on; new law controlling unfair contract terms and introduced to implement the EC's Directive; the development of ADR as a means of redress for consumers; and the European dimension.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $60.03

  Consumer Law in Scotland is the only book to examine consumer law from a Scottish perspective. It provides a practical and comprehensive guide to the law relating to consumer protection in Scotland. Consumer Law in Scotland discusses how purchasers of goods and services for private use are protected by means of criminal law, civil law and self-regulation. Account is taken of the organisations that protect or assist consumers, the impact of the E.C., and the way in which consumers of services provided by central and local government are protected. Also Consumer credit is explored, as are the ways in which the law seeks to control rogue traders and the various means by which consumer disputes can be settled. The second edition considers the effect of the Scottish Parliament and also the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999, which replace the 1994 Regulations of the same name. Particularly useful for legal practitioners and students, trading standards officers, Citizens Advice Bureaux and local authorities.