“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to examine whether extended warranties for domestic electrical goods, a market worth more than £750m a year, offer consumers value for money.”
The Guardian, 14th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Archive for the 'warranties' Category
OFT launches extended warranties investigation – The Guaridan
Published April 15, 2011 consumer protection , news , warranties Leave a CommentIn re Digital Satellite Warranty Cover Ltd and others – WLR Daily
Published February 2, 2011 financial regulation , insurance , law reports , warranties Leave a CommentIn re Digital Satellite Warranty Cover Ltd and others [2011] EWHC 122 (Ch); [2011] WLR (D) 28
“A contract for repair or replacement only in the event of breakdown or malfunction which did not oblige the insurer to indemnify the insured for costs which the insured himself incurred fell within para (b) of class 16 Schedule 1 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Insurance Contract Law – Law Commission
Published July 17, 2007 consultations , contracts , insurance , warranties Leave a Comment“On 17 July 2007 the Law Commission published jointly with the Scottish Law Commission a consultation paper on insurance contract law. We invite comments on provisional proposals to modernise the law relating to misrepresentation, non-disclosure and breach of warranty by the insured.”
Insurance Contract Law: Misrepresentation, Non-Disclosure and Breach of Warranty by the Insured (PDF)
Law Commission, 17th July 2007
Source: www.lawcom.gov.uk
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