Warwickshire County Council v Halfords Autocentres Limited [2018] EWHC 3007 (Admin) – Regs 2(1), 5 and 9 CPUTR – Article 2(d) UCPD – Shed 5 CRA.
–test purchase of goods or services. – meaning of “commercial practice”.
1) commercial transaction not required for there to be a “commercial practice”.
2) test purchaser may not fall within definition of “consumer”.
3) principal aim of UCPD to achieve high level of consumer protection.
- “commercial practice” may derive from test purchase of product promoted to and intended for consumers, even where purchaser not himself a consumer.
4) the word “from” in the CPUTR definition of “commercial practice” does not appear in the UCPD definition.
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