Business Contracts
E-Commerce
This is the buying and selling of goods or services by electronic means, generally speaking over the internet or by email. It covers the whole process of marketing, selling, delivering, maintaining and paying for goods and services online. There are rules and regulations covering this process designed to protect the consumer from a range of issues such as spam to giving the consumer a cooling off period after contracting to purchase goods or services via the internet.
Failure to comply with the law on e-commerce may result in legal action by consumers and sometimes carries criminal liability. In addition, the damage that a breach of the rules can cause to a company's reputation and brand can be untold.
To ensure you stay on the right side of the law and keep your consumers and suppliers happy, speak to our Commercial Team at an early stage. They can help you with terms and conditions for your website, supplier agreements and advise what rules are applicable to the direct marketing and selling activities of your company.
