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Is Change On The Horizon For The UK Product Liability Regime?

The Law Commission, an independent organisation established to keep the law of England & Wales under review and recommend reform, has announced a review of the law...

United Kingdom Consumer

AP

Arnold & Porter

Mid-market Momentum, Corporate Buyers Rising, And Health & Beauty Dominance: Q2 2025 Consumer & Retail Deal Trends

Our Q2 2025 Global Consumer & Retail Deal Trends report reveals a sector in flux, where macroeconomic headwinds, regulatory shifts, and evolving consumer behaviours are reshaping the M&A landscape.

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

Household Goods

Our global Household Goods team works with a range of clients from multinational, listed consumer product manufacturers to consumer goods associations, established retailers, and brand protection platforms.

United Kingdom Consumer

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K&L Gates LLP

In Challenging Times, What Are The F&B Market Winners Doing?

The U.K.'s F&B sector is navigating a period of significant disruption. Those who rapidly adjust to the changes in consumer behaviour are thriving and will define the next era of growth.

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

B2C Businesses: Are You At Risk Of Misleading Consumers On Price?

United Kingdom Consumer

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Travers Smith LLP

New CMA Draft Guidance On Price Transparency: What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Consumer

BC

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The CMA's Direct Consumer Enforcement Powers: Dynamic Pricing, Drip Pricing And Other Updates

United Kingdom Consumer

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Macfarlanes LLP

When Can Directors And Managers Be Fined For Breaches Of UK Consumer Law?

United Kingdom Consumer

TS

Travers Smith LLP

Freedom Of Speech In Higher Education: Navigating Changes To The Current Regime

United Kingdom Consumer

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Product Regulation And Metrology Act Receives Royal Assent: Product Safety Reform Explained

United Kingdom Consumer

GW

Gowling WLG

FCA Consults On Proposed Rules And Guidance For BNPL Sector

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

Closing The Advice Gap – The Introduction Of "Targeted Support"

United Kingdom Consumer

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

European Union Targets SHEIN Over Consumer Law Breaches: What Online Sellers Must Learn Fast

European Union Consumer

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K&L Gates LLP

ASA Warns That If You Run A Promotion You Are Responsible For The Whole Thing

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

Requirements For Skilled Worker Visa Settlement (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

Arts & Culture Guide (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

Proposed Changes To ILR: What UK Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

If A Child Has An EHCP In Place, Do They Also Need A Care Plan? (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

The UK's Data (Use And Access) Act 2025: Key Points To Note For Businesses

United Kingdom Privacy

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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Consumer Law

Supreme Court Ruling In Hopcraft v Wrench And Johnson v FirstRand Bank

On 1 August 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, Wrench v FirstRand Bank Ltd and Hopcraft & Anor v Close Brothers Ltd – reported together as [2025] UKSC 33.

United Kingdom Finance

PR

Proskauer Rose LLP

Is Change On The Horizon For The UK Product Liability Regime?

The Law Commission, an independent organisation established to keep the law of England & Wales under review and recommend reform, has announced a review of the law...

United Kingdom Consumer

AP

Arnold & Porter

The Supreme Court's Ruling On The Johnson Car Finance Case Lifts The Bonnet On The Distribution And Manufacture Of Retail Financial Services

Buying a first car is a milestone most people don't forget. Yet, when Mr Marcus Johnson bought his first car - a second-hand Suzuki Swift - from a Cardiff dealership in 2017...

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

Mid-market Momentum, Corporate Buyers Rising, And Health & Beauty Dominance: Q2 2025 Consumer & Retail Deal Trends

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

UK FCA Confirms The Circumstances In Which It May Make Public Announcements About Live Investigations

European Union Finance

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K&L Gates LLP

Choice Screens And Data Dreams: The CMA Unveils Roadmap In Relation To Google Search

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Household Goods

United Kingdom Consumer

KG

K&L Gates LLP

ASA Springs Another Mattress Pricing Case On Us

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

UK Competition And Markets Authority Enforces Ban On Fake Reviews

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

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Consumer Trading & Unfair Trading

Consumer Products Corner - Consumer Pulse: Strong 2024 Growth, But Will The New Administration Change The Mood?

The holiday season brought another consistent quarter of growth in retail and e-commerce sales, fueled by higher revolving consumer credit and rising consumer incomes.

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

So This Is Christmas… How Will UK Retailers Fare?

UK retailers face a challenging Christmas, with moderate sales growth expected amid consumer caution, inflation, and rising costs. Strategic agility is essential to capture limited spending and prepare for 2025.

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

Exploring Different Retail Models

The retail landscape is evolving with three primary models: bricks-and-mortar, online-only, and omnichannel. Emerging structures like pop-ups, subscriptions, and social commerce offer innovative ways for businesses to engage consumers.

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Cripps

Consumers Cry Their Heart Out: CMA Investigates Ticketmaster's "Dynamic Pricing" Of Oasis Ticket

United Kingdom Consumer

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Macfarlanes LLP

News: When Will The Digital Markets, Competition And Consumers Act 2024 Come Into Force?

United Kingdom Consumer

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

What's The Story... With Dynamic Ticket Pricing?

United Kingdom Consumer

GA

Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Developments In The Regulation Of Digital Advertising – Online Choice Architecture (Video)

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Gowling WLG

Nationwide's Ad Campaign Promotes Competition And Consumer Choice. So Was The ASA Wrong To Uphold Santander's Complaint?

Worldwide Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

The Dekagram: 26th February 2024

European Union Consumer

DC

Deka Chambers

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Healthcare, Food & Drugs Law

Permitted Health Claims On Food

A list has been published of the health claims permitted to be made about food from 14 December 2012.

United Kingdom Healthcare

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

EU Health Claims Regulation Published

Today, a new Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 establishing a list of permitted health claims for use on foods (other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health) has been published in the Official Journal ("Health Claims Regulation").

European Union Healthcare

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Decline In State-Funded Care For The Elderly - Planning Ahead

Recent medical advancements have resulted in a growing elderly population.

United Kingdom Strategy

WB

Wedlake Bell

Voluntary Front Of Pack Food Labelling – UK Consultation Launched

United Kingdom Healthcare

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

Pip, Breast Implants And Consumer Protection In Europe

European Union IP

WS

Winston & Strawn

Home Health Diagnostics, Microfluidics & IP

United Kingdom IP

CI

ClearView IP

Changes To Regulation Of Social Workers

United Kingdom Litigation

BD

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Local Authorities' Payments To Care Homes

United Kingdom Healthcare

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DMH Stallard

Last Orders For Cheap Drink In Scotland?

United Kingdom Healthcare

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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Product Liability & Safety

Is Change On The Horizon For The UK Product Liability Regime?

The Law Commission, an independent organisation established to keep the law of England & Wales under review and recommend reform, has announced a review of the law...

United Kingdom Consumer

AP

Arnold & Porter

Product Regulation And Metrology Act Receives Royal Assent: Product Safety Reform Explained

If you develop software, run an online marketplace, or manufacture anything with a digital component, the regulatory landscape just shifted. The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 (the "Act")...

United Kingdom Consumer

GW

Gowling WLG

Consumer Products Corner - New Trade Realities Bite, As Geopolitics Plays Through The Consumer Products Ecosystem

After strong inventory turnover performance exiting 2025, CPG companies reversed that trend and built inventory entering 2025 in large part to mitigate tariff volatility...

United Kingdom Consumer

A

AlixPartners

UK Product Safety Rules – Another EU Divergence Challenge?

United Kingdom Energy

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Steptoe LLP

What You Really Need To Know About Packaging And Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) In The EU And UK

Worldwide Healthcare

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Retail & Consumer Horizon Scanner 2025

Worldwide Consumer

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Regulation On General Product Safety: What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Consumer

SL

Signature Litigation

Spotlight On Online Retailers: European Regulators SHEIN A Light On Suspected Breaches Of EU Consumer Law

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

Andy Searle, EMEA Leader Of Consumer Products, Comments On The ONS' Consumer Price Inflation Data

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

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Latest Videos

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GLP-1: Implications For Retail (Video)

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AlixPartners

Greenwashing: Don't Get Caught Out - ThinkHouse (Video)

GW

Gowling WLG

Talking HEds - Wellbeing On Campus: Managing Your Responsibilities (Video)

MR

Mills & Reeve

Business To Consumer (UK) (Video)

AP

Alpha Partners

How Product Liability Class Actions Are Growing In The UK (Video)

DP

DLA Piper UK LLP

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