All Articles in Consumer protection

With travel companies hailing an upsurge in 2013 holiday bookings after the UK summer from hell, new guidance is in the offing on the key requirements applicable to businesses that…

In quick succession and in relation to proposed new consumer rights laws, the Office of Fair Trading responded to a BIS consultation on better consumer rights on sales and then…

Kingston-upon-Hull City Council prosecuted Motor Depot Ltd and its managing director Philip Wilkinson for car ads allegedly breaking unfair commercial practices and consumer credit ad laws. Manana Shrimpling reports the…

Unphased by plans in Brussels to streamline EU consumer protection laws, the UK government has launched a semi parallel consultation on a proposed consumer “Bill of Rights”. The plan is…

HM Government is looking to simplify and consolidate the UK consumer law enforcement landscape. The objective is to make it easier for enforcement bodies such as trading standards to take…

The UK Government is consulting on proposals for radical changes to the machinery for enforcing consumer protection laws, including those impacting advertising. If implemented, these would mean curtains for the…

Advertisers and marketers should be aware that to bolster consumer confidence in buying elsewhere in the EU than their home country, the EC is looking to create new rights for…

In October 2008 the European Commission proposed a dramatic initiative to further harmonise consumer rights across the EU. Three years on, the end result is less dramatic, but the measure…

If an ad qualifies as an “invitation to purchase” (“ITP”), EU unfair commercial practice legislation requires minimum info such as price. Was a flight ad headlined “New York from SEK…