Going forward, companies brokering the products of others should have particular focus as to whether they have made it sufficiently clear that they act only as an intermediary, and according are not liable for the performance of contracts brokered. This is the consequence of a leading case delivered by the High Court of Eastern Denmark concerning the travel portal Goleif's duty to pay for a consumer's replacement flight following the bankruptcy of airline Cimber Sterling in May 2012.

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