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Foxtons - Renewal Fees
16/04/2009 by Esio Trot.
I see that the OFT have won their latest appeal in the ongoing Foxtons Renewal Fees case.
They start their press release:
“The OFT has today welcomed a Court of Appeal Judgment confirming its views on the application of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contract Regulations 1999 (UTCCRs) ahead of a substantive hearing against Foxtons Limited at the end of this month.”
I have highlighted the word consumer above as this is a real puzzle to me: generally a landlord rents out property not out of altruism or to be charitable, but to make a profit. He therefore runs a business. If a landlord is running a business and appoints an agent, surely it is a business to business contract, and not that of a supplier/consumer.
Everything I have read so far seems not to address this basic anomaly.
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