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An '''exclusion clause''' is a term in a [[contract]] that seeks to restrict the rights of the parties to the contract. | An '''exclusion clause''' is a term in a [[contract]] that seeks to restrict the rights of the parties to the contract. | ||
Traditionally, the district [[court]]s have sought to limit the operation of exclusion clauses. In addition to numerous [[common law]] rules limiting their operation, in [[England and | Traditionally, the district [[court]]s have sought to limit the operation of exclusion clauses. In addition to numerous [[common law]] rules limiting their operation, in [[England and Wal Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999]]. The [[Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977]] applies to all contracts, but the [[Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999]], unlike the [[common law]] rules, do differentiate between [[contract]]s between businesses and [[contract]]s between business and [[consumer]], so the [[law]] seems to explicitly recognize the greater possibility of exploitation of the [[consumer]] by businesses. | ||
==Types of exclusion clause== | ==Types of exclusion clause== |