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The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 introduces key changes to UK consumer law, including new CMA powers, stricter regulations on fake reviews, drip pricing, and subscription contracts, alongside digital and competition law reforms for tech firms.
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
(DMCC Act) introduces important changes to the
UK's consumer law regime. This includes both substantive
changes to certain areas of consumer law, including in respect of
fake reviews, drip pricing and subscription contracts, and stronger
enforcement powers for the Competition and Markets Authority
(CMA) regarding consumer law infringements.
Mark Daniels and Richard Whish KC discuss some of the key
changes, including new powers for the CMA to impose turnover-based
fines for breaches of consumer law. They also discuss when the
consumer law reforms are expected to come into force and how this
timing differs to the commencement date for the provisions in the
DMCC Act introducing the UK's new digital regulatory regime for
large tech firms with Strategic Market Status and UK competition
law reforms.
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