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Contract 6
Exclusion Clauses
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| L'Estrange v Graucob | Signing means you've accepted the term |
| Curtis v Chemical Cleaning | Verbal statement overrode the written term |
| Olley v Marlborough Hotel | 'Term' in hotel bedroom was not part of contract |
| Chapleton v Barry | 'Exclusion clause' on deckchair ticket was not a term |
| Thompson v LMS Railway | Illiterate woman was held to be bound by written clause |
| Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking | Lord Denning said the exclusion must be 'startling' |
| Houghton v Trafalgar Insurance | Use of 'contra proferentem' rule |
| UCTA 1977 | Statutory controls on exclusion clauses - B2B |
| CRA 2015 | Statutory controls on exclusion clauses - consumer contracts |
| George Mitchell v Finney Lock Seeds | Unfair term under UCTA - unreasonable |
| Interfoto Picture Library v Stiletto VP Ltd | Onerous terms must be clearly brought to notice |
| Goodlife Foods v Hall Fire | Term was reasonable under UCTA |
| Britvic v Messer | Equal bargaining power but term still unreasonable |
| CRA s61 | Clauses incorporated if intended to be seen |
| CRA s65 | Can't exclude liability for death/PI (consumers) |
| CRA s68 | Term must be transparent |
| CRA s62 | Terms must be fair |
| Schedule 2 CRA | 'Grey list' - examples of unfair terms |
| CRA s69 | Terms must be interpreted in favour of consume |
| UCTA s2 | Can't exclude liability for death/PI (B2B) |
| UCTA s6 | Can't exclude liability under s12 SOGA |
| Aziz case (ECJ) | Terms should be fair, not merely NOT unfair! |
| Definition of 'unfair' | Causes significant imbalance in rights & obligations |
| S31/57 CRA | Can't exclude other CRA terms |