English Law Basics · glossary
The terms a business uses for every customer, such as Frescalva’s Conditions. When the other side deals on them, section 3 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 puts any clause that limits a claim through the reasonableness test. Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, section 3 · Chapter 6 · see Reasonableness test
Explained in Chapter 6, Exclusion Clauses and the UCTA Reasonableness Test, of English Law Basics.
Section 3 tests a clause in a seller’s written standard terms: the terms it uses for every customer. Section 6 tests a clause that cuts down the quality and fitness terms of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (Chapter 4). Clause 9 is caught by both.Read Chapter 6, Exclusion Clauses and the UCTA Reasonableness Test →
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