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UCTA Moot Training

UCTA Moot Training. Parties protected. C MUST BE a consumer or a business not acting in the course of business. s1(3). Sections 2 to 7 apply… (a) things done or to be done by a person in the course of a business (whether his own business or another’s)…. s1(3).

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UCTA Moot Training

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  1. UCTA Moot Training

  2. Parties protected • C MUST BE a consumer or a business not acting in the course of business

  3. s1(3) • Sections 2 to 7 apply… • (a) things done or to be done by a person in the course of a business (whether his own business or another’s)…

  4. s1(3) • Davies v Sumner (1984), Trade Descriptions Act 1968 • R & B. Customs Brokers Co. Ltd. v United Dominions Trust Ltd(1988), UCTA • Stevenson v Rogers (1999), Sale of Goods Act • Feldarol Foundry Plc v Hermes Leasing (London) Ltd(2004), UCTA

  5. s1(3) Increasingly out of the ordinary = course of business

  6. s2 • (1) A person cannot by reference to any contract term or to a notice given to persons generally or to particular persons exclude or restrict his liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence. • (2) In the case of other loss or damage, a person cannot so exclude or restrict his liability for negligence except in so far as the term or notice satisfies the requirement of reasonableness.

  7. s3 • (2) As against that party, the other cannot by reference to any contract term— • (a)when himself in breach of contract, exclude or restrict any liability of his in respect of the breach; or • (b)claim to be entitled— • (i)to render a contractual performance substantially different from that which was reasonably expected of him, or • (ii)in respect of the whole or any part of his contractual obligation, to render no performance at all, • except in so far as (in any of the cases mentioned above in this subsection) the contract term satisfies the requirement of reasonableness.

  8. s4 • (1)A person dealing as consumer cannot by reference to any contract term be made to indemnify another person (whether a party to the contract or not) in respect of liability that may be incurred by the other for negligence or breach of contract, except in so far as the contract term satisfies the requirement of reasonableness.

  9. Reasonableness • Guidelines in UCTA • S11(1), general test • SS6-7, implied terms • Schedule 2 • All apply to all cases • Neither exhaustive nor determinative

  10. Reasonableness - guidelines • Bargaining power • Inducement to accept the term or could have been constructed without clause • Knowing of the extent or content of term • Reasonableness of conditions imposed on making claims • D’s resources to meet claims • Availability and efficiency of insurance

  11. Extra considerations • George Mitchell, past practice • Phillips Products v Hyland, occasional hiring, short period of time, standard form, not negotiated, little opportunity to arrange insurance cover • Motours v Euroball, included negligence (outside of M’s contemplation), common in industry, not negotiated • Regus v Epcot, other remedies, exclusion does not cover malicious damage, limited liability to 125% of feds, advised insurance

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