17 Feb, 2021 The Penrose Review of UK competition policy – a "Power to the People" manifesto for competition and consumer law reform By Alastair Chapman Michele Davis Andrew Austin Alex McGregor Theodore Souris Vicky Vanderstichele +3 more... Show less The much-anticipated independent report by John Penrose MP into how UK competition policy should be reformed to meet the UK Government’s...
09 Dec, 2019 Better enforcement of EU consumer law By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy While negotiations continue over the EU’s proposed new collective redress regime (see my recent blog on the subject), another key element...
28 Nov, 2019 EU "class actions": the Council finally plays its hand By Andrew Austin Back in April, my colleague Eugene and I posted about the slow progress of the EU’s new, and highly controversial, draft Directive on...
20 Jun, 2019 New powers on their way for the UK CMA to fine businesses that breach consumer law By Andrew Austin Back in March, Lord Tyrie, the Chairman of the UK Competition and Markets Authority, proposed that the CMA gain tough new powers to allow...
23 Mar, 2018 New representative actions on their way in “business-to-consumer mass harm situations”? By Andrew Austin On 11 April, the European Commission will present proposals that are expected to allow consumer organisations to seek damages on behalf...
17 Oct, 2017 Consumer law enforcement post-Brexit - future models for cooperation By Thomas van der Klugt The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently published its written submission to the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee’s...
12 Jun, 2017 European Commission publishes REFIT analysis of EU consumer law By Ian Jones The European Commission recently published the findings of its analysis of EU consumer law rules, following its review of six consumer...
09 Mar, 2017 UK Spring Budget 2017: Announcement of Consumer Law Green Paper By Andrew Austin In the Spring Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a new consumer and markets green paper, which will examine markets which...