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Worth It: The Dining And Travel Experiences That Hold Value Against Spending Cutbacks

Across the board, restaurants and hospitality companies face greater scrutiny from consumers over whether they want to spend their money.

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

Reception Year Admissions Guide

With more families seeking guidance, schools are looking for effective ways to manage deferred or delayed entry, part-time attendance, and admissions outside the normal age group.

United Kingdom Consumer

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Academy Trust Handbook 2025: What's New For Academy Trust Leaders?

The Department for Education has published the 2025 edition of the Academy Trust Handbook (the 2025 Handbook), which came into effect on 1 September 2025.

United Kingdom Consumer

WS

Wrigleys Solicitors

The Product Regulation And Metrology Act 2025: A Game-changer For Online Marketplace Retailers

On 21 July 2025, the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 received royal assent and represents the most significant overhaul of product safety regulations in the UK for decades.

United Kingdom Consumer

BJ

Browne Jacobson

UK Extended Producer Responsibility For Packaging: Implications For Fashion Retailers

United Kingdom Consumer

BJ

Browne Jacobson

A Victory For Procedural Fairness: Oxford Business College Wins Judicial Review Against Department For Education

United Kingdom Consumer

RF

Ronald Fletcher Baker

FCA Issues Guidance On Digital Design In Customers' Online Journeys

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

Dollar Stores Surge As Economic Uncertainty Drives Value Wars; Mass Retailers Counter With Scale, Offerings

United Kingdom Consumer

A

AlixPartners

On Alert: Key Signs Of Distress In Independent Schools

United Kingdom Consumer

FR

FRP Advisory

UK Supreme Court Judgment On Motor Finance Lending And Consumer Protection

United Kingdom Consumer

M

Matheson

Securitisation Regulatory Update: UK Regulator Consults On Reforms To Deferred Payment Credit (Buy Now Pay Later)

United Kingdom Consumer

MB

Mayer Brown

CTSI Updates Guidance For Traders On Pricing Practices

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

New Fire Safety Rules In Force From October 2025

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

Cracking The Growth Code: What Top Consumer Brands Get Right

United Kingdom Consumer

A

AlixPartners

The Business Impacts Of The U.K. Motor Finance Ruling (Video)

United Kingdom Transport

A

AlixPartners

Failure To Prevent Fraud: What The New Legislation Means For Your Organisation

United Kingdom Criminal

CK

Carson Kaye

AI Isn't A Magic Bullet — Why Adoption Matters More Than Tech (Video)

United Kingdom Technology

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

Employment Essentials: Drugs In The Workplace - What Employers Need To Know (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

GW

Gowling WLG

Leasehold Reform: Judicial Challenge Puts Future Of Key Provisions In Doubt

United Kingdom Real Estate

RF

Ronald Fletcher Baker

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Consumer Law

Worth It: The Dining And Travel Experiences That Hold Value Against Spending Cutbacks

Across the board, restaurants and hospitality companies face greater scrutiny from consumers over whether they want to spend their money.

United Kingdom Consumer

A

AlixPartners

ASA Rules On Pricing Of Subscription Offer

The ASA has ruled on how the pricing for a health and fitness app subscription was presented.

United Kingdom Employment

LS

Lewis Silkin

Retail Law Roundup: August 2025

This month, River Island had its restructuring plan sanctioned by the High Court despite failing to convince all of its creditors of its turnaround plans.

United Kingdom International

BJ

Browne Jacobson

UK Extended Producer Responsibility For Packaging: Implications For Fashion Retailers

United Kingdom Consumer

BJ

Browne Jacobson

Navigating The New CTSI Guidance: What Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Anti-trust

BJ

Browne Jacobson

FCA Issues Guidance On Digital Design In Customers' Online Journeys

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

Dollar Stores Surge As Economic Uncertainty Drives Value Wars; Mass Retailers Counter With Scale, Offerings

United Kingdom Consumer

A

AlixPartners

Regulation Of Buy Now Pay Later And FCA Consultation

United Kingdom Finance

AG

Addleshaw Goddard

Securitisation Regulatory Update: UK Regulator Consults On Reforms To Deferred Payment Credit (Buy Now Pay Later)

United Kingdom Consumer

MB

Mayer Brown

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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

A

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

C

Cripps

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

United Kingdom Consumer

M

Macfarlanes LLP

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

United Kingdom Consumer

GA

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

GW

Gowling WLG

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

Worldwide Media & IT

GA

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

DS

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

'Silent AI': The Risk Of Unintended Consequences For MGAs

In the age of AI, insurers are encouraged to anticipate AI risks and ensure their wordings are explicit as to the cover they give (or not, as the case may be).

United Kingdom Insurance

BJ

Browne Jacobson

The Product Regulation And Metrology Act 2025: A Game-changer For Online Marketplace Retailers

On 21 July 2025, the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 received royal assent and represents the most significant overhaul of product safety regulations in the UK for decades.

United Kingdom Consumer

BJ

Browne Jacobson

The AI Advantage In Consumer Products: Your Playbook For Scaling AI

Artificial intelligence promises unmatched productivity gains, improved operational efficiency, real-time consumer insights, hyper-personalized experiences, and large-scale predictive...

United Kingdom Technology

A

AlixPartners

New Fire Safety Rules In Force From October 2025

United Kingdom Consumer

LS

Lewis Silkin

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

United Kingdom Consumer

AP

Arnold & Porter

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

United Kingdom Consumer

GW

Gowling WLG

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

United Kingdom Consumer

A

AlixPartners

UK Product Safety Rules – Another EU Divergence Challenge?

United Kingdom Energy

SJ

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

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Latest Videos

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GLP-1: Implications For Retail (Video)

A

AlixPartners

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

GW

Gowling WLG

Talking HEds: Sexual Misconduct (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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