Credit card protection is extra-territorial
Office of Fair Trading v Lloyds TSB Bank plc and Others
House of Lords
“The right of consumers to hold United Kingdom credit card companies liable for a breach of contract by the retailer from whom they made a credit card purchase extended to transactions made overseas.”
The Times, 12th November 2007
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