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The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill has finally been put before the UK Parliament and is likely to become law in 2024.

With the latest edition of our Retail and Consumer Sector Horizon Scanner, a powerful tool designed to enhance your decision-making and mitigate legal risks...

Selling online exposes your business to strict legal obligations under UK consumer, data protection and marketing laws, including the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.

2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the regulation of digital assets in the UK. As the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) is reshaping the EU's regulatory landscape...

The Advertising Standard Agency's (ASA's) use of AI-assisted collective advert monitoring is having a clear effect; with a 30-fold increase in the number of adverts analysed by the ASA in the period 2022 – 2023...

The matter of Halstead-Cleak v Eskom Holdings Limited and some observations for liability insurers.

The Information Commissioner's Office has executed search warrants across the UK targeting businesses suspected of sending 170 million unlawful marketing text messages related to car finance mis-selling claims. This enforcement action, part of a joint regulatory task force investigation, signals heightened scrutiny of direct marketing practices and raises critical compliance questions for businesses relying on electronic communications to generate leads.

The European Union may soon join the United States in requiring certain companies to investigate and disclose whether certain minerals used in their products originated in conflict-affected or high-risk areas.

On 25 April 2023, the UK Government announced the introduction of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the "Bill") into Parliament.

On 14 June 2019 the Council of the European Union adopted the regulation to address relations between online platforms and businesses - (P2B Regulation).

On 7 April 2022 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released a three-year strategy for 2022-20251(the "Strategy"), setting out how the FCA aims to improve outcomes for UK consumers and...

The EU New Deal for Consumers initiative, adopted by the EU Commission on 11 April 2018, aimed at strengthening enforcement of EU consumer law in light of a growing risk...

Following the collapse of Thomas Cook we brought a number of claims under s.75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 against credit card suppliers in relation to the tour operator's alleged breach of contract.

The European Union's Product Liability Directive (EU) 2024/2853 (the Directive) marks a watershed moment in product safety and liability regulation, modernising the product liability framework to address.

As blue skies and summer holidays encourage the team to consider taking the 1CL private jet for a spin, we've spent the week thinking about all things aeronautical.

Following protracted negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on 22 June 2020 on a new ‘Representative Actions Directive' that aims ...

The DSA and DMA go hand in hand with the Data Governance Act; all three are central to the strategy of "A Europe fit for the Digital Age".

In October 2022 the European Council approved the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) Regulation, one of the first attempts globally at comprehensive regulation of cryptocurrency markets.