Category Archives: Consumer Law
Felix Pflücke, ‘Ensuring Compliance in the Digital Age: A Data-Driven Approach to EU Consumer Contract Law’
ABSTRACT The e-commerce landscape within the European Union (EU) has undergone significant transformation due to technological advancements and shifting consumer preferences. This Chapter examines the criteria for good evidence and data use within EU consumer law and policy, focusing on the evolving dynamics of e-commerce compliance. As digital transactions increase, ensuring consumer protection and trader […]
Liang Li, ‘Theories of harm for excessive personal data collection: what’s wrong and whose job?’
INTRODUCTION The importance of data for innovation and the growth of the digital economy is well recognized. This frequently entails excessive personal data collection, characterized by large volume, velocity, variety, and a high level of detail. Excessive personal data collection may give rise to a range of legal concerns, including—but not limited to—the exclusion of […]
Jonas Atmaz Al-Sibaie, ‘Contractual Transfers of Title’
ABSTRACT It is well known that, under a contract of sale, title to goods passes when the parties intend, but it is considered unclear whether the same is true of non-sale contracts. This article argues that there is a long line of cases dealing with ‘vesting clauses’ that establishes that title passes when the parties […]
‘On the assignability of consumer claims under credit contracts: CJEU in Zwrotybankowe.pl (C‑80/24)’
As consumer law remains under-enforced, it becomes all too common for consumers to assign their claims to third-party claim management companies, which typically operate on a contingency basis and take a percentage of the amounts successfully recovered. In Case C‑80/24, the consumer assigned their claim against a bank to Zwrotybankowe.pl, one such claim management company, […]
‘(Informed) Consent to Dispute Resolution Agreements’: Special issue of the German Law Journal
Party Autonomy Then and Now (Symeon C Symeonides) Consent and Dispute Resolution Clauses (Nancy S Kim) Reflexive Contract Law: Party Autonomy and the Constitutional Right to a Remedy (Gralf-Peter Calliess) Policing Consumer Contract Terms under US and EU Law: A Comparative Analysis of the Directive 93/13/EEC on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts and the Restatement […]
50 Years of Consumer Law in the European Union: Past, Present, and Future: University of Luxembourg and online, 21 November 2025
The conference will critically examine the acquis through the lens of legislation and Court rulings. The conference celebrates five decades of EU consumer law, bringing together leading academics, judges, and policy-makers to reflect critically on its evolution and future direction. Its objective is to look back at how consumer law has developed and to propose […]
‘Reforming Consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution in the EU’
Online shopping has transformed how we buy goods and services, but it has also exposed a recurring challenge: resolving disputes when things go wrong. Damaged products, delayed deliveries, or disputes over contract terms, can leave consumers frustrated. Traditional litigation is often slow, costly, and intimidating, particularly for low-value claims. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) provides a […]
‘The King of England … and all his force dares not cross the threshold’
This was a first instance judgment, by District Judge Cridge at Bromley County Court, on the vexed issue of whether the court has the power to amend an injunction order for a tenant to give access to give the landlord the right to force entry to the property. We have been here before, in the […]
Sze and Gunasekara, ‘A Privacy Trojan Horse? Consumer Loyalty Programmes in the Grocery Sector and Data Privacy’
ABSTRACT Loyalty schemes have become an established commercial feature in the grocery sectors of New Zealand and Australia. Ownership and operation of the schemes has recently undergone change but the essential features are likely to remain. However, there has been little scrutiny until recently of the implications for consumers of the use of personal information […]
Andrea Freeman, ‘The Roots of Credit Inequality’
ABSTRACT Debt oppression began before the United States became a country. Settlers enslaved Africans and Indigenous people, treating them as property that they could buy and sell for their economic and personal benefit. When enslavement became illegal, new economic systems and laws that included sharecropping, Black Codes, and Jim Crow kept Black people in servitude. […]