Top 10 Consumer, Health and Family Headlines from UK Do you have a Loan with a lender which was signed before 6th April 2007 and which was for £25,000 or less (and which was a private loan ie not for business purposes)? If so it may be wholly unenforceable against you !! To sell a medicine in the European Union (EU), a marketing authorisation (MA) is required. The FSA accepts that PPI has an important role in protecting consumers’ repayments, particularly in the current economic climate. The World Economic Forum’s Consumer Industries community is pleased to present this report as part of the Sustainability for Tomorrow’s Consumer initiative. On 15 October 2009 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) announced that it is undertaking two new market studies which are aimed at clarifying and updating the understanding of consumer harm that arises from potentially misleading advertising and pricing. The European Commission is investigating hundreds of web sites after 55% of the sites which it initially reviewed were failing to comply with consumer laws, such as the Distance Selling Directive, E-Commerce Directive and Unfair Commercial Practices Directive. FSA has, yesterday, announced a series of measures and actions it intends to take following its review of the marketing and selling of structured products by a number of providers, including those backed by Lehman Brothers. This article provides a selection of the most interesting ASA adjudications from September and a summary of the key issues considered in the adjudications. There are increasing numbers of claims being intimated from Claimants suffering from mesothelioma who allege low level bystander exposure. Mobile phone networks and retailers could be fined up to 10% of turnover if they fail to stop mis-selling. | 
