Subjects:

Consumer Law

Contents:

Introduction.

The Package Travel Regulations.

Offers and acceptance - making the contract stick. Contents of the contract.

Liability.

Exclusion of liability.

Misrepresentation.

Privity of contract.

Frustration of contract and force majeure.

Remedies.

The Trade Description Act 1968.

Criminal offences under the Package Travel Regulations.

The Consumer Protection Act 1987.

Defences.

Travel agents.

Insolvency and security.

Practical litigation.

Suing an overseas company.

Air and Sea law.

Out Of Print

Holiday Law provides a comprehensive guide to the law as it relates to all forms of holidays. Its broad coverage of the subject includes the nature of the contractual relationship between tour operator and client, the legal status of travel agents, the criminal liability of tour operators, civil liability and the effects of insolvency.

This edition includes:-

• The Dramatic impact of Hone v Going Places 2001 CA
  
• The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
  
• The Civil Procedure Rules
  
• The new Stop Now/Enforcement orders
  
• The Athens Convention (in the light of the expansion of the cruise market)
  
• The legal implications of developments transforming the holiday market - for example, low cost airlines, tailor-made packages, and booking hotels direct by internet.