In five years on the statute book, the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994, S.I. 1994/3159, generated great interest and very little case law. Their first consideration by an appellate court came in Director General of Fair Trading v. First National Bank plc [2000] 1 All E.R. (Comm.) 371. And while these proceedings were on their way to the Court of Appeal, the Regulations were repealed and replaced by the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, S.I. 1999/2083. Both developments are of considerable interest.
