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Bram Duivenvoorde (Middelburg, 1985) is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Study of European Contract Law (CSECL). Before joining CSECL in September 2009, he studied law at Utrecht University and Bucerius Law School (Hamburg , Germany). He completed the Masters degree in Legal Research at Utrecht University, specialising in consumer law. Bram also teaches tort law and is the editorial board secretary of the Dutch journal of consumer law (Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht).

Reseach

The topic of his PhD research is the notion of the 'average consumer' in European consumer law. The notion of the average consumer (who is presumedto be reasonably well informed and reasonably observant and circumspect)  was introduced by the European Court ofJustice in the Gut Spingenheide-case and serves to determine whether a commercial communication is misleading or not. It proves tobe an important factor in balancing the freedom of goods and the protection of consumers. The research project will focus – amongst others – on the application and impact of the notion in different Member States and on the relation of the average consumer notion with actual consumer behaviour. Bram is supervised by Prof. M.B.M. Loos, assisted by Dr. A.E. Oderkerk.

Publications

'Purely creative: over oneerlijke handelspraktijken in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht 2011, pp. 89-93.

'Consument of in de uitoefening van beroep of bedrijf? Het Bundesgerichtshof doet uitspraak', Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht 2010, pp.176-180.

'De gemiddelde consument als rationele actor', WPNR 2010, pp. 533-534.

'Recourse and direct action in the Netherlands: a Dutch treat?', in: M. Ebers, A. Janssen and O. Meyer (eds.), European perspectives on producers' liability, Munich: Sellier (2009), pp. 445-460 (with E.H. Hondius).

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