Consumer Rights Act 2015: Key legislation governing unfair terms, limitations on liability exclusions for death/personal injury, and requirements for contractual transparency and fairness in consumer contracts

Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977: Regulates the limitations on businesses' ability to exclude liability, introduces the reasonableness test for exclusion clauses, and restricts the ability to exclude liability for negligence

Landlord and Tenant Act 1985: Establishes statutory obligations that cannot be waived and defines fundamental landlord repairing obligations

Housing Act 2004: Sets out health and safety obligations and establishes the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)

Doctrine of Notice: Common law principle requiring that contractual terms must be properly brought to the attention of all parties

Incorporation of Terms: Legal principle ensuring that the waiver is properly incorporated into the agreement and forms part of the contract

Occupiers' Liability Acts 1957 and 1984: Defines the duties owed to visitors and trespassers on the property

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974: Relevant when rental property is used for business purposes, establishing workplace safety requirements