Thursday, 23 September 2021

No international jurisdiction when consumers move countries? - AG Sánchez-Bordonna in Commerzbank (C-296/20)

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On September 9 AG Sánchez-Bordonna issued an opinion in the case Commerzbank ( C-296/20 ) on whether the Lugano II Convention was applicabl...
Wednesday, 22 September 2021

Which court has jurisdiction over an online defamation case? AG Hogan's Opinion in Case C-251/20

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A person or a company that has been defamed on the Internet may demand not only the removal or rectification of discrediting comments, but a...
Saturday, 18 September 2021

A look back at consumer data protection - what has happened this year?

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Today we rush to provide a brief summary of interesting developments at the interface of consumer law and data protection that have taken pl...
Monday, 13 September 2021

Interest free loans: why should they be regulated?

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In recent days an increasingly popular high-cost short-term credit called 'buy now pay later' (BNPL) is frequently in the news headl...
Thursday, 9 September 2021

New blog author announcement: Adrianna Michałowicz

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Dear readers, Regrettably, we said goodbye to one of our regular contributors, dr Anna van Duin (University of Amsterdam). Due to her other ...
Wednesday, 8 September 2021

Waves of change - CJEU in Irish Ferries (C-570/19)

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Usually, we focus on and discuss air passengers' rights on this blog, as Regulation No 261/2004 is one of the instruments of consumer pr...

A new era in consumer credit law? The Commission's proposal on the new Directive on Consumer Credits

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This summer might prove significant for improving the financial well-being of European consumers. On 30 June 2021 the EU Commission presente...
Tuesday, 7 September 2021

Unfair terms case law in the first half of 2021: a retrospect

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With the fall approaching, and the new case law season gradually unfolding, we decided to take a look back at the first half of 2021 and sur...
Friday, 3 September 2021

Cancelling credit contracts due to unfair terms: when does the view of the consumer matter? A quick judicial recap in OTP Jelzálogbank (C‑932/19)

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Yesterday the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in case C‑932/19 OTP Jelzálogbank , which like many previous cases dealt with unfair ...
Thursday, 26 August 2021

UK using their right to forget the right to privacy again?

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UK's government named Mr John Edwards as the new Information Commissioner (ICO). His task: to move away from the EU data protection rule...