E-commerce
legal advice
that delivers
E-commerce legal advice
that delivers
We help you to establish and operate your e-commerce business in compliance with UK, EU and Swiss law
Setting up an e-commerce business is relatively easy. Navigating the laws that impact your on-line business can be complex.
Our technology lawyers will work closely with you to understand your e-commerce model and then advise on the key legal issues that impact your business. We will help you draft your on-line terms and conditions, your privacy notice and all other contracts that you need for e-commerce.
- Online contracting
- Terms and conditions for your website
- Contracts for the supply of digital content and digital services
- Advising on different e-commerce models
- Digital signatures
- Data protection
- E-commerce marketplaces
- On-line regulation
- Consumer protection law impacting e-commerce
Latest News on E-commerce
In 2023, Citizens Advice revealed a staggering figure: consumers spent nearly £2.1 billion on items they didn’t want, need, or later regretted over the course of a year. This spending was largely driven by manipulative online choice architecture – a design strategy used by e-commerce websites that push consumers into making quick decisions they might regret.
The laws in the European Union (EU) provide consumers with the right to change their minds and cancel online purchases within a 14-day period. However, questions have emerged about the applicability of this right when subscriptions automatically renew, especially post a free trial. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) provided clarity on this issue through a case involving a dispute between a consumer protection association and an online learning platform in Austria.
A shareholders agreement is a legally binding contract between the shareholders of a company and the company. It outlines the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of the shareholders and governs the relationship between them and the company. The parties to a shareholders agreement are typically the founder shareholders and the company and may also include investor shareholders and key stakeholders such as employees who have equity stakes. A shareholder agreement does not have any prescribed form and as such can be flexibly drafted to meet the needs of the relevant parties.
