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The ASA has taken further steps in their battle against influencers that fail to disclose when they are advertising to consumers on their social media channels.

Labour's 2024 manifesto outlines plans to enhance online safety, support AI development, regulate advertising and gambling, introduce consumer protections for ticket resales, aid electric car buyers, and establish independent football governance to ensure financial sustainability.

With HM Treasury launching its much-anticipated consultation on regulating buy-now-pay-later ("BNPL"), it is an opportune moment to take stock of where we are, how we got here...

The pace of enforcement action in the UK’s revamped consumer regime is picking up. On 15 April 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it had concluded the first of a number...

The UK's competition watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has rarely been out of the news in recent months, mostly in relation to criticism of its approach to merger control, the decision by the UK Government to replace its Chair and the agency's promise in turn to enact root-and-branch reform.

Businesses which make claims about their ‘green' credentials in order to promote products or services need to ensure, more than ever before, that they do not fall foul of consumer legislation.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is taking mattress retailer Emma to court after it failed to address all of the CMA's concerns about misleading online sales practices and compliance with consumer protection law.

In an important judgment for manufacturers, the UKSC in Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd & Another endorsed statements of principle for determining whether a product is defective for the purposes of the UK's CPA …

Regulated firms using company or insolvency law procedures to manage their liabilities could face action by the FCA if their proposals unfairly benefit them at the expense of their customers.

On 7 June 2023, the UK Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA") – the UK's independent advertising regulator – banned a series of advertisements from a number of large oil and gas...

Here's the next edition of our monthly bite-sized digest, Productwise 3-2-1 where each month, we'll be bringing to the top of your inbox (and your agenda):

On 4 May 2023, the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced the launch of an initial review of the market for artificial intelligence foundation models.

In its annual plan for 2026-2027, published in March, the CMA said it would focus consumer enforcement on the clearest and most serious harms, including terms that are obviously imbalanced or unfair.

On 1 October 2015 the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (the 'CRA') comes into force, consolidating laws regulating consumer sales and introducing further changes to consumer rights that will impact traders and their customers alike.

On March 21, 2025, ahead of a consultation and call for evidence on the EU's Digital Fairness Act, the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network highlighted the pressing need for improved consumer protection in the European Union, particularly regarding virtual currencies in video games...

On 18 June 2026 the CMA adopted its second infringement decision under the new strengthened consumer protection regime introduced under the Digital Markets...

Sarah Cardell, the Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), recently gave a speech to Tech UK in which, among other things, she included a spoiler about how the CMA plans...

Although the CMA has been focusing on fake reviews and drip pricing in recent months, it is still very interested in green claims. It recently issued new guidance on getting green claims right across the supply chain.