The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (‘the Act’) received Royal Assent on 24^th May 2024 and makes a series of important changes to existing consumer law. The most important of these is the introduction of fining powers for the Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) of up to 10% of the total value of the Trader’s turnover in the event of serious breaches of consumer law.

This course sets out a succinct summary of the key consumer law related provisions of the Act with particular emphasis on the following topics:

Unfair Commercial Practices

Repeal of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008

Changes to the definition of ‘unfair commercial practice’

Proposed amendments to the schedule of commercial practices which are always considered to be unfair

Subscription Contracts

Definition of ‘subscription contracts’

Pre-contract information to be provided

Provision of reminder notices

Cooling off rights

Enforcement Provisions

Definition of ‘relevant infringements’

Changes to the powers of the court

Changes to the powers of the CMA

Provisional and final infringement notices

Introduction of monetary penalties – fixed amount v daily rate

Appeals procedure

The price is £195 + VAT. This is a per organisation price, so up to 10 of your colleagues can participate at absolutely no extra charge, even if they are viewing it from a different location or at a different time. So, of course, if there are 10 of you the cost per delegate would be just £19.50 per head.

For law firms with four or less partners, you can purchase a single place at the conference for £99 + VAT

All those attending will receive a free video recording of the course shortly after it takes place. You can participate in the course live or watch the recorded version whenever or wherever you want.

To book a place on the course please click on the box at the top right. If you don't know all the names of your delegates, you can still book for those you know and add additional free delegates at a later date. All free delegates need to be registered in order to get joining instructions.

Keith Markham qualified as a Solicitor in 2001 and now works as a freelance consultant. After beginning his career in private practice, in 2004 he moved in-house at the BGL Group, a major insurance intermediary that includes comparethemarket.com among its brands. During his time there Keith advised extensively on all areas of data protection. He also conducted contract negotiations of a complex nature, often with major blue-chip companies. In 2007, Keith joined BPP Professional Education, one of Europe’s leading providers of professional development training. He worked there as both an in-house lawyer dealing with data protection and commercial contracts and also as a presenter of training courses before going freelance in 2009. Drawing on his considerable experience Keith has designed and delivered a wide variety of training for BPP and other providers as well as for his own clients in the commercial law field. In particular, he teaches topics relating to data protection, consumer law and commercial contracts to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. He also provides consultancy services to an increasing number of clients in those fields and is the author of ‘A Practical Guide to the GDPR’ and ‘Covid-19, force majeure and frustration of contracts – the essential guide’.

Important Notes about Booking

1. Payment can be made by credit or debit card or alternatively by invoice. The option to pay by invoice is below the pay by card option in the booking form

2. If you have more than 10 delegates then extra delegates are £20 each. Contact us at info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk to arrange this

3. If you don't have the complete list of who will be attending you can book for those that you know will be attending and add the others at a later date

4. If you would like to submit questions in advance please send them to info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk

5. Please ensure that, when booking, you get colleagues' email addresses entirely correct as failure to do so will probably mean that they will not receive joining instructions

The Legal Training Consultancy

The Legal Training Consultancy is a full-service training consultancy with a large portfolio of conferences, courses and trainers. Over the years we have been responsible for putting together a vast number of law and management related conferences, webinars, seminars, videos and e-learning modules. Altogether well over 2000.