The Office of Fair Trading has used its powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to get Total Fitness UK to agree to revise its membership agreements to make them fairer for consumers.
The gym with 24 clubs throughout the UK has given an undertaking to change its terms and conditions to comply with the Unfair Terms [...]
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Exercise your Rights when Joining a Gym
It’s that time of year again. The annual new year rush to join the gym. Health and fitness clubs will sign up more members in January than at any other time of year, and in your enthusiasm to join, you will probably sign there and then without reading through the all important Ts and Cs [...]
December 9th, 2008 | Catriona | 1 comment | Continued
Gym Membership Advice
For years, the OFT have been keeping a close eye on health and fitness clubs with specific reference to the fairness of their gym membership contracts. Typically, consumers have been required to sign agreements which commits them to a 12 month minimum term, which absolutely ties them in to making the monthly payments for that [...]
December 8th, 2008 | Catriona | 27 comments | Continued
Unfair Contract Terms
When a dispute arises over a clause in a contract, it is easy for the party defending this clause to say ‘well, you should have read the contract’. But how many of us actually take the time to trawl through the small print when signing up to an agreement? Most of us will assume good [...]
December 5th, 2008 | Catriona | 15 comments | Continued
