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Customers' key rights when buying services
How to make sure your services meet the rights of customers by meeting your duties to deliver services with reasonable care and skill, within reasonable time.
Customer protection
An introduction to the rights customers have when buying goods or services from you including the right to complain and protection from unfair contract terms.
Consumer credit and financial services
An introduction to consumers' rights when they enter a credit agreement under the Consumer Credit Act, including a cooling-off period and regular statements.
Writing fair contract terms: seven top tips
Put yourself in you customer’s shoes when writing a contract - here are some of the key things to consider to help you communicate clearly and avoid disputes
Customer rights: key terms, laws and organisations
A list of key customer rights terminology made simple including terms such as consumer, reasonable, Consumer Credit Act and Financial Conduct Authority.
Consumers' rights and distance sales
Understand consumers' rights when you sell goods or services online, by mail order or over the phone including the 14 cooling-off period – there are some exemptions.
How the Freedom of Information Act affects businesses
Find out how the Freedom of Information Act may affect your business if you provide goods and services to public bodies.
The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act
What is the Freedom of Information Act, who does it apply to, and how it affects commercial interests of your business.
Manage the risk of disclosure of confidential information
How to protect your business' confidential information if you share it with public bodies subject to an FOI request.
FOI and commercially sensitive information
How to protect your trade secrets and commercial interest from FOI requests if you share information with public bodies.
Use FOI to your business advantage
Use Freedom of Information requests to find and access information held by public bodies that could benefit your business.
FOI exemptions: absolute and qualified
Overview of the Freedom of Information exemptions and the right of public bodies to withhold information from disclosure.
Comply with online selling laws: checklist
Overview of the main legislation you need to comply with when selling online to help you check that you have made the right considerations to comply with the law.
Essential terms of an online contract
Minimum terms and conditions that must be included in an online contract including a description, the price, payment structure and delivery details.
Forming online contracts
Understand when an online contract is deemed to be legally enforceable including condition such as offer, acceptance, intention and consideration.
Resolving online contract legal disputes
Resolving online contractual disputes and determining which laws apply including consumer protection laws and reducing uncertainty of terms and conditions.
Electronic signatures and online contracts
How electronic signatures can protect the privacy and integrity of your online communications, the benefits of using them and how the technology works.
Digital certificates and online contracts
When you will need a digital certificate to verify electronically-signed information and read encrypted data.
Selling online: consumer contracts
Understand the laws applying to online contracts including the formation of online contracts, essential terms, electronic signatures and digital certificates.
Online selling laws to protect consumers
Understand the legislation in force designed to protect consumers when making online purchases including rules on consumer contracts and financial services.