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Less Healthy Food Ads: ASA Serves Up A Healthy Selection Of Rulings
The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a series of rulings on advertisements for less healthy food products, examining compliance with regulations designed to protect children from exposure to unhealthy food marketing. These decisions provide important guidance for advertisers navigating the complex landscape of food advertising restrictions and demonstrate how the ASA interprets and applies current rules.
United Kingdom Consumer
LS
Lewis Silkin
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Drilling Into The Detail: What New Consumer Laws Mean For Dental Practices
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 has introduced sweeping changes to consumer protection law, granting the CMA unprecedented enforcement powers including the ability to impose multi-million-pound fines directly. With the regulator already launching a market study into private dentistry and conducting spot checks across consumer-facing websites, dental practices face heightened scrutiny across pricing transparency, subscription contracts, online reviews and patient-facing terms. How sho
United Kingdom Consumer
LS
Lewis Silkin
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The AdLaw Insights Podcast With Brinsley & Geraint: Mid-year Review - Agentic AI, Social Media Bans, Pricing Enforcement And Cannes Lions 2026
Geraint Lloyd-Taylor and Brinsley Dresden examine the most significant advertising and marketing law developments from the first half of 2026, covering regulatory changes from the CMA and ASA, social media restrictions, AI governance, and pricing enforcement actions. The discussion explores how these developments impact advertisers, marketers, and brands operating in the UK market.
United Kingdom Consumer
LS
Lewis Silkin
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Consumer Law

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Less Healthy Food Ads: ASA Serves Up A Healthy Selection Of Rulings
The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a series of rulings on advertisements for less healthy food products, examining compliance with regulations designed to protect children from exposure to unhealthy food marketing. These decisions provide important guidance for advertisers navigating the complex landscape of food advertising restrictions and demonstrate how the ASA interprets and applies current rules.
United Kingdom Consumer
LS
Lewis Silkin
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Consumer Trading & Unfair Trading

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Less Healthy Food Ads: ASA Serves Up A Healthy Selection Of Rulings
The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a series of rulings on advertisements for less healthy food products, examining compliance with regulations designed to protect children from exposure to unhealthy food marketing. These decisions provide important guidance for advertisers navigating the complex landscape of food advertising restrictions and demonstrate how the ASA interprets and applies current rules.
United Kingdom Consumer
LS
Lewis Silkin
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Drilling Into The Detail: What New Consumer Laws Mean For Dental Practices
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 has introduced sweeping changes to consumer protection law, granting the CMA unprecedented enforcement powers including the ability to impose multi-million-pound fines directly. With the regulator already launching a market study into private dentistry and conducting spot checks across consumer-facing websites, dental practices face heightened scrutiny across pricing transparency, subscription contracts, online reviews and patient-facing terms. How sho
United Kingdom Consumer
LS
Lewis Silkin
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ASA Sharpens Its Focus On Green Advertising
The Advertising Standards Authority has intensified its scrutiny of environmental claims in advertising, raising the stakes for brands making sustainability assertions. This development signals a stricter regulatory environment where green marketing messages face heightened examination and potential challenge. Companies must now navigate more rigorous standards when communicating their environmental credentials to consumers.
United Kingdom Media & IT
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Lewis Silkin
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Product Liability & Safety

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"We Spend A Lot Of Time Designing The Bridge, But Not Enough Time Thinking About The People Who Are Crossing It.” - Dr Prabhjot Singh
How can intellectual property rights protect innovations designed specifically for women and underrepresented groups in product safety? This article explores the intersection of inclusive design and IP strategy, examining patents, design rights, and trade marks as tools for safeguarding innovations that address long-overlooked safety gaps in consumer products.
United Kingdom IP
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Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
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Consumer Credit

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Multi-party Claims: Court Of Appeal Upholds Decision Allowing Over 5,000 Motor Finance Claims To Be Brought Together
The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision allowing over 5,000 motor finance claims to proceed together using omnibus claim forms, despite the fact-specific nature of unfair relationship claims under the Consumer Credit Act. While emphasizing this was a decision on its own facts, the court's analysis of convenience factors and case management approaches offers important guidance for multi-party litigation.
United Kingdom Litigation
KL
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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HM Treasury Pitches Base Camp At The Mountain Of Consumer Credit Reforms
HM Treasury has published its Policy Statement on reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA), setting out the planned policy direction following the Phase 1 consultation which closed in July 2025. The statement confirms the intention to repeal many provisions of the CCA, recasting these within the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Handbook (though not necessarily as a direct copy-out). 
United Kingdom Finance
KL
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
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