This week’s topics
Exclusion Clauses and Statutory Controls
- Construction and interpretation of exemption clauses
- Application of the contra proferentem rule
- Statutory reasonableness test under the Unfair Contract Terms Act
- Consumer rights and fairness standards under modern consumer legislation
- Exclusion clauses - contract law
- Contract Law - Exemption Clauses Part 1
- Consumer rights summary
What you will be able to do
- 2.6 Evaluate the validity of exclusion clauses.
Activity
Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the validity of exclusion clauses.
Study materials
Videos
- Exclusion clauses - contract law · YouTube · i Law · 24 min · for registered students
- Contract Law - Exemption Clauses Part 1 · YouTube · Law Sessions with Jennifer Housen · 17 min · for registered students
- Consumer rights summary · YouTube · LawWithAnna · 16 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
- Consumer Rights Act 2015 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
- Unfair contract terms guidance (CMA37), Competition and Markets Authority, July 2026 · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 134 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
