‘New regulations which will extend the life of domestic electrical products by up to 10 years, could mean manufacturers face more claims for defective products or negligence, experts at Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law have warned.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘To what extent must a claimant relying on the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (“the Act”) prove with precision the nature of a defect in a product said to have caused him or her damage?’
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Henderson Chambers, 9th January 2015
Source: www.hendersonchambers.co.uk
Dalmare SpA v Union Maritime Ltd and another [2012] EWHC 3537 (Comm); [2012] WLR (D) 391
“Section 14(2) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 implied a term into a memorandum of agreement for the sale of a vessel sold ‘as she was’ that the goods would be of satisfactory quality.”
WLR Daily, 13th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Where consumer goods, installed in good faith by the consumer, were not in conformity with the contract under which the consumer had purchased and and were restored to conformity by way of replacement, the seller was obliged pursuant to article 3(2)(3) of Parliament and Council Directive 1999/44/EC either to remove the goods from where they had been installed and to install the replacement goods there or else to bear the costs of that removal and installation. The seller could not refuse to replace the defective goods on the ground that the costs were disproportionate but it could limit the payment to a proportionate amount.”
WLR Daily, 16th June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“More than 400 customers who suffered burns and injuries from sofas bought from collapsed firm finally win compensation.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
O’Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd [2010] UKSC 23; [2010] WLR (D) 137
“In a claim under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 based on the rights conferred under Council Directive 85/374/EEC concerning liability for defective products, which by art 11 required proceedings to be brought against the producer within ten years of the product being put into circulation, domestic law could not allow the producer to be substituted as the defendant outside that period in place of a wholly-owned subsidiary (who was the supplier but had been erroneously thought to be the producer) unless the parent company had actually determined when the supplier put the product in circulation.”
WLR Daily, 27th May 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
O’Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd [2010] UKSC 23; [2010] WLR (D) 137
“In a claim under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 based on the rights conferred under Council Directive 85/374/EEC concerning liability for defective products, which by art 11 required proceedings to be brought against the producer within ten years of the product being put into circulation, domestic law could not allow the producer to be substituted as the defendant outside that period in place of a wholly-owned subsidiary (who was the supplier but had been erroneously thought to be the producer) unless the parent company had actually determined when the supplier put the product in circulation.”
WLR Daily, 27th May 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A number of High Street chains has been ordered to pay up to £20m ($31m) to 2,000 people who received chemical burns from sofas.”
BBC News, 26th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“More than 300 people who suffered burns from a chemical used on Land of Leather sofas will not receive compensation, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 18th March 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A group of parents is suing pushchair maker Maclaren claiming it knew its products had injured children and ignored warnings others could get hurt.”
BBC News, 9th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Aventis Pasteur SA v OB (Case C-358/08); [2009] WLR (D) 352
“The Community Directive on liability for defective products normally precluded a producer of a product from being substituted, after the expiry of the 10-year limitation period, for a defendant who had been sued within that period.”
WLR Daily, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“On 4 November 2009, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission published a final report with recommendations on simplifying the law on consumer remedies for faulty goods.”
Law Commission , 4th November 2009
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“Businesses as well as consumers have backed the UK Government’s attempts to retain shoppers’ right to return faulty goods for an immediate refund. A consultation has found that retailers as well as shoppers back the stance.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th May 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Hundreds of people who suffered burns and rashes from faulty leather sofas will have to wait longer to find out if they are to be paid compensation.”
BBC News, 27th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers were today finalising a compensation bid on behalf of more than 4,000 customers allegedly left with rashes and burns after buying faulty sofas.”
The Independent, 27th March 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“On 10 November 2008 the Law Commission published jointly with the Scottish Law Commission a consultation paper on consumer remedies for faulty goods.”
Law Commission, 10th November 2008
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
“UK consumers should be able to demand refunds for faulty goods despite attempts by the European Commission to undermine that right, the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission have said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th November 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
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