Consumer protection

In the UK, consumer protection is provided by the Sale of Goods Acts. This area is also likely to come under increasing influence from European Law. (See this lecture by Hugh Beale) Ordinary Contract law also applies to purchases by consumers.

Textbook Reference
unit 9 of International Legal English. Legal English mini-course has a web lesson on how the Sale of Goods Act combines with regulations on distance selling chapter 9 of English law for students of English