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By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (0634) 26 August 2006, 88(1)Publication details: 2006Subject(s): Summary: Suggests that housebuilders should examine their documentation to ensure that it is comprehensible to their customers. Legal documents should be written in plain English, otherwise they could be deemed unfair under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, where a contract term can be rendered unenforceable if it is unfair due to being written in unintelligible language.
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Suggests that housebuilders should examine their documentation to ensure that it is comprehensible to their customers. Legal documents should be written in plain English, otherwise they could be deemed unfair under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, where a contract term can be rendered unenforceable if it is unfair due to being written in unintelligible language.