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 | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977"
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 | 36 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 | 19 comments | Continued
