Law Society of Scotland
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Obligations

A Common European Sales Law for the European Union - A proposal for a regulation

This Call for Evidence seeks evidence about the European Commission's proposed Regulation for a Common European Sales Law.
The Government has issued this Call for Evidence with the aim of obtaining evidence/views from UK interests to develop its future position on the proposed Regulation.
The Call for Evidence also seeks, where possible, specific statistical data and potential costs, benefits and risks of operating an alternative EU contract law regime for cross-border sales alongside national domestic laws in this area.

This Call for Evidence seeks evidence about the European Commission's proposed Regulation for a Common European Sales Law.  The Government has issued this Call for Evidence with the aim of obtaining evidence/views from UK interests to develop its future position on the proposed Regulation.  The Call for Evidence also seeks, where possible, specific statistical data and potential costs, benefits and risks of operating an alternative EU contract law regime for cross-border sales alongside national domestic laws in this area.

Law Commissions' - Insurance Contract Law: Post Contract Duties and Other Issues

The Scottish Law Commission is assisting the Law Commission for England and Wales with this project which they are carrying out under their Tenth Programme of Law Reform.  The paper includes proposals to improve remedies for late payment of valid insurance claims, clarify the law on insurers' remedies for fraudulent claims, extend the categories of life insurance and simplify the law on policies and premiums in marine insurance.

BIS Call for Evidence on EU proposals for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

This Call for Evidence seeks views from UK stakeholders on recent proposals from the European Commission on consumer alternative dispute resolution. In summary, the Commission argue that all EU consumers should be able to solve their problems without going to court, regardless of the kind of product or service that the contractual dispute is about and regardless of where they bought it in the European Single Market. In addition, for consumers shopping online and from another EU country, the Commission want to create an EU-wide single online platform which will allow contractual disputes to be solved entirely online and within 30 days. The proposals are likely to impact UK consumers, businesses and organisations that currently provide alternative dispute resolution services.