MSE News: Doorstep cancellation rights reinforced following landmark court ruling 18 September 2014 at 12:21PM in Consumer rights 5 replies 1.4K views

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The legal right to cancel 'doorstep' contracts has been reinforced following a landmark Supreme Court ruling...

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Doorstep cancellation rights reinforced following landmark court ruling




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ajlennon

He's had a long hard fight, without much support it seems until the later stages.

Well done him.

My question is this - what did it cost him in terms of his time and money to pursue this?

Sooler

Why was this overlooked by the small claims court "the regulations weren't enforceable as Swift hadn't given Robertson notice of his right to cancel."

unholyangel

Sooler wrote: »

Why was this overlooked by the small claims court "the regulations weren't enforceable as Swift hadn't given Robertson notice of his right to cancel."

What do you mean overlooked? The small claims based its decision/rejection on the contract not being concluded in one visit.

The judgement of the court of appeal was....bizarre to say the least. They seem to have completely disregarded how law should be interpreted basically because they don't like the idea of people creating contracts and cancelling them because they got a cheaper deal elsewhere.

This might help make more sense of it:
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2014/50.html

Marktheshark

You should always view a county court as the first hurdle to justice.
They are speculative judgements that are judges opinions and they can and often do ignore the law in making those judgements.
Where you believe case law or legalisation to be in your favour, be prepared to appeal .

A toast to the guy for fighting.

unholyangel

Marktheshark wrote: »

You should always view a county court as the first hurdle to justice.
They are speculative judgements that are judges opinions and they can and often do ignore the law in making those judgements.
Where you believe case law or legalisation to be in your favour, be prepared to appeal .

A toast to the guy for fighting.

And a red neck for the court of appeal. They seriously dropped the ball on that one.