Unfair Trading Practices
Key facts
- Businesses have a general duty not to undertake unfair trading practices - the relevant legislation is the Consumer Protection Regulations (CPR).
- The CPR aid in determining whether certain advertising and marketing practices are misleading, aggressive or lack due diligence.
- In addition to this general duty, there are 31 business practices that are banned outright, such as displaying a quality mark without authorisation.
- The Business Protection Regulations impose further restrictions on how companies compare their products to rival products from other companies.
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- Background
- Do the Regulations apply to me?
- Unfair trading
- What constitutes an unfair trading practice?
- Unfair comparison
- Enforcement and penalties
- Defence against a charge of Unfair Trading
- Misrepresentation
- When Misrepresentation occurs
- Other considerations