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Is it an offence to overcharge?
Author(s) -
FIDLER DAVID G.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1995.tb00544.x
Subject(s) - appeal , mistake , section (typography) , overcharge , business , law , law and economics , economics , political science , advertising , power (physics) , physics , battery (electricity) , quantum mechanics
This paper considers whether a trader commits an offence when he makes a mistake and overcharges a customer. It examines the offences found in section 20 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 ‐ as defined in section 21(1)(a) ‐ and looks at the effect of a recent decision of the appeal courts.