The result of the hearing yesterday in Bristol County Court was that Oliver Foster-Burnell was denied permission to appeal the part of the judgment from Taunton County Court that restricted the application of the finding that the price variation terms were unfair to just himself.
The reasons the judge gave for refusing permission were jurisdictional and are summarised below:
- The unfairness test for significant imbalance in the requirement of good faith provisions of section 5.1 of UTCCR can only be made between the particular parties to the contract in question. The test is subjective and not objective. Case law quoted was West and Finley http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2014/316.html
- A declaration in a County Court that the terms are unfair generally could have no effect as County Court decisions do not carry any binding authority.
- Appeals to judgments at any level of the judiciary are restricted to the main findings of judgments and the orders that arise from them. Case law quoted was Lake & Lake and B & H Children.
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