The Derbyshire Times reports that a domestic appliance repair man who carried out poor repairs and billed customers when he’d done no work has been ordered to pay compensation to his victims.
Category: Appliance Legal News
Legal news and judgements that relate to the large domestic applaince industry
Certification Deadline Looms For FGAS Registration
The Whitegoods Trade Association is pleased to announce that is has been approved by the Secretary Of State and DEFRA to offer F Gas interim personnel certificates for those with suitable experience. The certificates are available with immediate effect and any applications should be processed wit…
EU corners UK over working time laws
The government will this week come under renewed pressure to set a firm date for ending the individual worker’s right to opt out of the maximum average 48-hour week stipulated by EU law. Finland, the current EU president, has summoned the 25 labour ministers for an extraordinary meeting on Tuesda…
UK Government to introduce minimum qualifications for refrigeration work
The UK Government is planning to introduction of mandatory minimum qualifications for handlers of ozone depleting substances (ODS). ODS include HCFC and HCFC blends – such as R22 which is still in common use. A series of consultation documents have been issued (follow the link below to the DEFRA …
Company directors face criminal charges
Company directors face criminal penalties from today, if they fail to disclose relevant accounting information to auditors. Amendments in the Companies Act require directors to sign declarations that they have not concealed any material information from auditors. If they are subsequently found to…
SELL A COPIED KETTLE AND GO TO JAIL
Electrical retailers who knowingly sell counterfeit or copied product could go to jail under a new European law.
Welsh waste company fined £15,000 for illegal fridge storage
Aberystwyth-based Sundorne Products (Llanidloes) Ltd pleaded guilty to a charge brought by the Environment Agency Wales of keeping controlled waste on a site without benefit of a waste management licence.
Boss facing fridge case
The boss of a failed Mid Wales recycling company has been bailed to face magistrates for alleged offences under the Environmental Protection Act.
EU: Unilever fridge case has drink implications
Retailers cannot be forced to stock a drink or food brand in freezers or fridges, even when they are lent for free by a manufacturer, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.
Revised statement regarding extended warranties from the Competition Commision
EXTENDED WARRANTIES MONOPOLY INQUIRY: REVISED STATEMENT OF HYPOTHETICAL REMEDIES