“The Office of Fair Trading announced it would examine how universities in England compete for undergraduates and whether degree courses meet students’ expectations.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A commuter’s court victory could see hundreds of passengers demanding cheaper season tickets as train operators move to plug a ‘loophole’ which he exploited.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Payday lenders will be forced to make tougher affordability checks under a crackdown by the City regulator that could stop borrowers being given loans within minutes of applying.”
The Guardian, 3rd October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A UK watchdog is threatening action against video game app-makers it finds in breach of consumer protection laws.”
BBC News, 25th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
CHS Tour Services GmbH v Team4 Travel GmbH (Case C-435/11); [2013] WLR (D) 355
“If a commercial practice satisfied all the criteria set out in article 6(1) of Parliament and Council Directive 2005/29/EC (‘the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) for being categorised as a misleading practice in relation to the consumer, it was not necessary to determine whether such a practice was also contrary to the requirements of professional diligence as referred to in article 5(2)(a) of the Directive in order for it legitimately to be regarded as unfair and, therefore, prohibited in accordance with article 5(1).”
WLR Daily, 19th September 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused three major department stores of colluding with a manufacturer to fix the price of sports bras.”
BBC News, 20th September 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three leading health and fitness operators have been forced to improve their contracts for customers after an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Mortgage providers must be able to demonstrate that they have treated customers fairly in cases where those individuals are unable to repay the capital sum owed at the end of the term on an interest-only mortgage, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Criminals will profit from the ‘unintended consequences’ of new laws meant to protect consumers, the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) is warning.”
The Independent, 27th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s six biggest carpet, bed and furniture chains are being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading for exaggerating price cuts.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Premium rate customer service phone lines are to be banned in a Government crackdown, but banks, train operators and airlines have been let off the hook by ministers.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th August 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal has dealt a blow to businesses bringing claims against banks for allegedly mis-selling interest rate swaps products by dismissing a claim against the Royal Bank of Scotland.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th August 2013
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Eloise Power writes about EC Cosmetics Regulation (Regulation EC No 1223/2009) and Commission Regulation (Regulation EU No 655/2013) now in force.”
Doughty Street Chambers, 24th July 2013
Source: www.doughtystreet.co.uk
“Almost a third of the payday lenders ordered to clean up their practices have opted to withdraw from the industry, the Office of Fair Trading has revealed, as the deadline for firms to respond passed.”
The Guardian, 30th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Without prejudice, legislative obit, mum’s the word & child support facelift.”
New Law Journal, 19th July 2013
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
“Online providers may be aware that currently, a consumer who buys a CD or DVD has greater protection than one who purchases exactly the same content by downloading it from the internet. The UK Government has recognised a need to update the law and published a Draft Consumer Rights Bill on 12 June 2013, which gives protection to consumers of digital content. ‘Digital Content’ is defined broadly in the Bill and will include, for example, video and music downloads, e-books, apps and online games.”
Technology Law Update, 22nd July 2013
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
“In order to be considered a prohibited ‘reduction in disease’ claim within the meaning of article 2(2)(6) of Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (OJ 2006 L404, p 9) as amended, there was no requirement that the claim expressly state that the consumption of a category of food, a food or one of its constituents “significantly” reduced a risk factor in the development of a human disease. Moreover, pursuant to the transitional measures in article 28(2) of the Regulation, a commercial communication appearing on the packaging of a food could constitute a trade mark or brand name thereby attracting the protection afforded by the transitional provisions, provided that it was protected, as a mark or name, by the applicable legislation, that question being for the national court to determine. The benefit of article 28(2) applied only to foods bearing a trade mark or brand name which fell to be considered a nutrition or health claim within the meaning of the Regulation and which, in that form, existed before 1 January 2005.”
WLR Daily, 18th July 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“High Street insurer Swinton has been fined over £7 million for its ‘aggressive’ mis-selling of monthly add-on insurance policies to telephone customers, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“One of the UK’s largest insurance companies, Swinton, has been fined £7.38m for mis-selling policies.”
BBC News, 16th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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