Private Law Theory

INTRODUCTION
The regime established by the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC (UCPD)has significantly transformed the law governing unfair commercial practices in English law, for the first time providing for a general duty not to engage in unfair trading practices. Yet times and circumstances have changed. For better or for worse, Britain has now freed itself of the shackles of European legislation. The centralised method of legislation exercised by the European Union has had many effects on the substantive content of legislative instruments. For instance, the need to account for varying levels of consumer protection between member states often means that standards have to be watered down … (more)

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Ahmed Elhusseiny, ‘The Future of Unfair Commercial Practices in the UK’, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law, volume 10, issue 2 (2021) pp 55–59.

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