Butterworths Trading and Consumer Law

Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths

Editors: Deborah Parry, Roland Rowell & Colin Ervine

Price: £446.00

Edition: Looseleaf

ISBN: 978-0-406-99655-8

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Trading and consumer law covers a variety of topics from consumer credit to consumer protection to sale and supply of goods and services.  It also covers two distinct areas of law: both civil law and criminal law.  To ensure the reader is fully aware of the law and the latest developments, a solid understanding of the legislation and key cases is fundamental.  Butterworths Trading and Consumer Law provides exactly this.

Now in three looseleaf volumes, Butterworths Trading and Consumer Law is edited by a team of specialist academic lawyers comprising of Deborah Parry, Roland Rowell and Colin Ervine.  It is expertly separated into eight "divisions": practice and procedure, civil liability and fair trading, unfair commercial practices (which is impressive because the law has yet to reach its first anniversary), prices, trading law offences: part I, consumer credit, advertising and OFT Codes of Practice, trading law offences: part II and agency directory.  It is also supplemented by bulletins, tables and an index,  

Butterworths Trading and Consumer Law is largely a collection of legislation with annotations and commentary below the relevant provision.  Importantly, The division on practice and procedure is, by contrast, wholly commentary.  It may be helpful, instead of having one division dealing with this, to have an introductory guide to each division.  Being a former student of Deborah Parry, I am pleased to see that many of the examples given in lectures have made their way into the commentary.  Each division sets out the relevant principles, their application and the Court's interpretation: this is expertly explained in a logical and accessible way and the editors should be commended for this.

Those looking for a broad coverage of consumer and trading law need look no further than Butterworths Consumer and Trading Law.  If, like me, you have a particular interest in a subject like consumer credit then it provides an excellent overview but (like the editors openly admit) readers looking for a thorough and comprehensive account of the law should look at specialist texts like Goode: Consumer Credit Law and Practice.  Its price, at less than £500 a year including updating and bulletins, also makes it excellent value for money and ensures the reader is fully up to date with the main developments in this fast moving but fascinating area of law.

Reviewed on 29 April 2009

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