6/24/2026 3:31:48 PM CMA settles second drip pricing investigation with its direct enforcement toolkit By Tim Blanchard Steven Miller Following the announcement last week of a settlement with Marks Electrical, the CMA has now announced a settlement with StubHub UK for...
6/19/2026 11:33:04 AM CMA settles with Marks Electrical over investigation into pre-selected extra charges By Tim Blanchard Steven Miller The CMA has ordered appliances retailer Marks Electrical to refund around £600,000 to nearly 40,000 customers and pay a £720,000 fine for...
4/24/2026 2:51:41 PM Law Commission launches project on consumer class actions regime By Tim Blanchard Steven Miller On 20 April 2026, the Law Commission of England and Wales announced a new project to examine whether a class actions regime should be...
4/15/2026 2:55:54 PM CMA issues first consumer protection fine under the DMCCA By Steven Miller Tim Blanchard Lisa Wright The CMA has today ordered AA Driving School and BSM Driving School -- both owned by Automobile Association Developments Limited (AA) --...
10/21/2025 11:00:38 AM The fair necessities: Part 2 - UK price transparency rules revamped By Lisa Wright Tim Blanchard Will Morris On 22 September, the UK government published guidance on its latest round of amendments to the Price Marking Order 2004 (“PMO”), which...
9/25/2025 2:39:40 PM CMA clarifies expectations on consumer reviews, but uncertainties remain By Rebecca Cousin Tim Blanchard Lisa Wright Since the key consumer protection aspects of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) came into force in April,...
9/2/2025 2:57:17 PM The fair necessities: DMCC Act and unfair commercial practices under the microscope By Alex Buchanan Richard Barker Earlier this year, the majority of the unfair commercial practices (“UCPs”) provisions in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers...
11/21/2024 5:04:54 PM DMCC Act seeks to make consumer protection fit for the digital age By Richard Barker The UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) received Royal Assent on 24 May 2024, bringing in long-anticipated...
3/21/2019 12:00:00 AM CMA pursues #transparency for consumers across digital markets By Slaughter and May Upon becoming a mother, I discovered a whole new world (aka fell into the rabbit hole) of mummy bloggers and vloggers who are happy to...