Free returns: curse or blessing?

Free returns: curse or blessing?

Following a VRT news article "3 out of 10 fashion items bought online are returned: is charging return costs the solution?",we at theJurists are once again crawling into our pen. Current events beg us to raise awareness of the concept of the right of withdrawal once...

The Omnibus-directive. Even more B2C rules?

The Omnibus-directive. Even more B2C rules?

You might have spotted it already: the EU is once again coming up with rules for consumer protection. Clearly, the law never stands still! Are you still keeping up with all these changes We present to you the "Omnibus Directive", in Latin: the directive for all. All...

Four times the legal warranty?!

Four times the legal warranty?!

The 2019 European Directive modernising and broadening the warranty scheme is gradually finding its way into Belgian law. The new rules should actually have applied long ago. On 1 June 2022, however, the time has finally come. It is therefore time, as an entrepreneur,...