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Civil way: 23 October 2015

23 October 2015
Issue: 7673 / Categories: Features , Civil way
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How to reject, consumer style & “Where does that sweet DJ sit?”

CONSUMERS ALRIGHT ACT: SECOND DOLLOP

Goodbye Now the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA 2015) (see “Civil way”, NLJ, 9 October 2015, p17) gets exciting: well, more exciting. The Sale of Goods Act 1979 (SGA 1979), s 11 right to reject within a reasonable time (and a full refund) is replaced for consumer sales (but not for digital content) with a short-term right which is generally 30 days from delivery or earlier transfer of ownership but for perishable goods, substitute any shorter period before which perishing would occur. Time stops running if the consumer—they have no obligation to do so—requests or agrees to repair or replacement. The parties can agree to an extension (which might be useful if the trader is denying liability and the consumer wants the goods to be expertly tested or the consumer who fears that the manifestation of a defect may take longer than 30 days and wishes to preserve the right to a short-term rejection beyond 30 days

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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