Consumer

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Passenger rights when flights are cancelled – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Passenger rights when flights are cancelled – Go Health Pro

On January 16 the CJEU issued two judgments further interpreting Regulation 261/2004 on air passenger rights, in the cases flightright (C-642/23) and Qatar Airways (C-516/23).  flightright (C-642/23) A passenger booked via a tour operator a flight operated by Etihad Airways from Düsseldorf (Germany) to Brisbane (Australia), via Abu Dhabi (UAE) with an open return ticket. The flight from … Read more

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Suppliers sharing names with producers beware – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Suppliers sharing names with producers beware – Go Health Pro

In December the CJEU issued the judgment in the Ford Italia case (C-157/23), which focused on the scope of the notion of an apparent producer, that is a person presenting themselves as a producer by putting their name, trade mark or another distinguishing feature on a consumer product, pursuant to Article 3(1) of the old Product … Read more

Talk Your Book: Direct to Consumer Venture Capital – Go Health Pro

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Talk Your Book: Direct to Consumer Venture Capital – Go Health Pro

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by The Cashmere Fund: See here for more information on accessing Venture Capital with the Cashmere Fund On today’s show, we discuss: Celebrity connections within Venture Capital Utilizing networks for private investments How Cashmere was able to bring this to retail investors The tech stack needed to … Read more

not consumer credit unless it is – Go Health Pro

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Not that fresh, still hot: last month, the CJEU issued a remarkable decision in Case C-409/23 (Arvato), a preliminary ruling request from the Dutch Supreme Court concerning so called “buy-now-pay-later” (henceforth: BNPL) schemes and their qualification in the context of European consumer credit rules.  While payment in instalments, with our without intermediaries, has been around for … Read more

Who is the average consumer? CJEU in Compass Banca (C-646/22) – Go Health Pro

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On the 14th of November, the CJEU published its long-awaited decision on Compass Banca (Case C-646/22; we have previously discussed it here). In this case, the CJEU, for the first time, elaborated on who the ‘average consumer’ is, especially in light of the persistent critiques from behaviouralists, and further clarified the assessment of and the consequences … Read more

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