The Particularities of the Legal Status and Liability of the Parties of the Contractual Relations within the Sphere of Tourism in England

• Main Author: Polina S. Barabanova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) 2016-09-01
• Series: Московский журнал международного права
• Subjects: комплексный туризм; англия; организатор; продавец; потребитель; package travel; england; organizer; retailer; consumer
• Online Access: https://www.mjil.ru/jour/article/view/160

The article is devoted to the special aspects of the legal status of the organizer, retailer and consumer as the parties of the contract which package, pursuant to special legislation within the touristic sphere in England, is organized under. The particularities of the definition «consumer», special aspects of organizer’s and retailer’s duties and liability including the problem of the absence of division of organizer’s and retailer’s responsibilities and particularities of the cases: careful attention to the matters concerning the proof of causation between the breach of contract and damage, tendency towards the balance between consumers’ rights defense and abuse of such rights prevention were examined by the author.