An insurance contract must set out transparently, in plain, intelligible language, the functioning of the insurance arrangements

2015-04-23T21:00:52+00:0023 April 2015|Categories: EU Law, Insurance and Reinsurance|Tags: , , , |

The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive (see Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts) provides that consumers are not bound by unfair clauses that are set out in a contract concluded with a seller or supplier. However, according to that directive, the assessment Read More

Mere use of a website by the trader does not in itself trigger application of the rules of jurisdiction for the protection of consumers in other Member States

2010-12-08T12:00:28+00:008 December 2010|Categories: Conflict of Laws, EU Law, International Commercial Law, International Sale of Goods|Tags: , , , |

The European Court of Justice in its Judgment in Joined Cases C-585/08 and C-144/09 Peter Pammer v Reederei Karl Schlüter GmbH & Co. KG and Hotel Alpenhof GesmbH v Oliver Heller explains the rules of jurisdiction in European Union law that are applicable to consumer contracts, in relation to services offered on Read More

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