Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice 2026 14th ed

This authoritative work provides a summary of the major changes in licensing law of England and Wales over the past 12 months. In one volume, it gives a comprehensive analysis of new and forthcoming changes in licensing law and incorporates all relevant legislation, regulations, orders, standard forms and precedents.

What’s New:

The fourteenth edition has been fully updated and covers recent developments in this area of law including:

• Full update on the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 and its implications for UK consumer law, including analysis of the new CMA 200 Guidance on direct enforcement
• Review of the CMA’s direct enforcement powers to fine businesses up to 10 percent of global turnover for administrative and infringement penalties
• Analysis of the changes that the 2024 Act will make in relation to unfair commercial practices, transactional decisions and invitations to purchase
• An update of all the new consumer and regulatory statutory provisions and case law