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This checklist This checklist highlights the principal issues to address when preparing contractual terms for business to business agreements on product safety and liability. See Practice Note: Product liability risk management for producers for guidance on controlling risk ahead of new supply arrangements, including carrying out appropriate due diligence on other relevant businesses in the supply chain. Identify all applicable laws (eg Sale of Goods Act 1979, Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994, Consumer Protection Act 1987, General Product Safety Regulations 2005, SI 2005/1803, Consumer Rights Act 2015 and Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024), as well as any standards and codes of practice that govern the products. Take into account specific legislation for the manufacture, import and sale of particular goods such as fireworks, cosmetics, toys, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, personal protective equipment (PPE), gas appliances, food and animal feed, and automotive. See Practice Notes: Consumer protection for defective or dangerous products—legal bases, Product liability and defective products and General Product Safety Regulations...

This timeline outlines notable milestones concerning Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (the EU Securitisation Regulation) from January 2024 onwards. For earlier developments, see EU and UK Securitisation Regulations-timeline [Archived]. 2026 14 May 2026 - AFME - European Benchmarking Exercise for Private Securitisations – Updated Report (H2 2025) AFME, the European DataWarehouse and True Sale International released their tenth twice‑yearly European Benchmarking Exercise, covering H2 2025 private securitisation data. Using voluntarily provided, aggregated transaction‑level submissions from 12 banks across six European countries, the organisers evaluated the quality and utility of disclosure in the European private cash securitisation market, spanning asset‑backed commercial paper (ABCP) and balance‑sheet funded deals. Collateralised loan obligations, synthetic securitisations and public asset‑backed securities were excluded. The private market was gauged at €250.48 billion in total commitments, with €84 billion reflected in the dataset. Trade receivables and auto loans or leases together represented around 75% of activity, rising to 89% when consumer loans and equipment leasing were included. ...

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In this issue: Advertising, marketing and sponsorship Brexit Confidential information Consumer protection Contracts International Sale and supply of goods Supplier management Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Dates for your diary Trackers Advertising, marketing and sponsorship PECR—a serious but non-deliberate breach still warrants a substantial penalty (Monetise Media Ltd v Information Commissioner) In a full-merits reassessment of a monetary penalty notice (MPN), the First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) heard Monetise Media Ltd’s (MML) appeal against the Commissioner’s decision to impose a £125,000 MPN for breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR). The FTT replaced that sum with a reduced penalty of £85,000, finding that: (i) MML had “instigated” the dispatch of unsolicited marketing messages by third-party affiliates; (ii) MML acted negligently rather than deliberately; and (iii) the Commissioner erred by adopting too high a starting point and according undue weight to aggravating factors. Authored by Edward...

Wayleave and the Electronic Communications Code Over the past ten years, the telecommunications sector has expanded at a remarkable rate, driven by the pressure to deliver reliable, far-reaching communications networks. Operators such as BT, Vodafone and Sky cannot roll out these networks without access to install equipment on privately owned sites. They also need the freedom to modernise apparatus to match rapid technological progress, and to share kit so they can satisfy rising demand and preserve consumer choice. While enabling operators to work efficiently is essential, site providers will equally want robust safeguards for their own interests. This Practice Note highlights provisions that can be built into a telecommunications wayleave to strengthen the site provider’s position... A telecommunications wayleave agreement A wayleave is a consent or licence through which a person with an interest in land permits another party to exercise a right over that land. It is distinct from an easement or a lease. A wayleave does not create an interest in the land, does not...

This Practice Note explores the range of cancellation and withdrawal entitlements that apply to credit agreements and consumer hire arrangements governed by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA 1974). It proceeds on the basis that such agreements are not secured on land and are not used to fund the purchase of land. This Practice Note should be read alongside Practice Note: Right of withdrawal from a credit agreement. Three categories of agreements This Practice Note addresses three principal types of agreement: a regulated credit agreement where the credit advanced is £60,260 or less (a threshold introduced through the UK’s implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive (Directive 2008/48/EC) (CCD) in 2011) a regulated credit agreement where the credit exceeds £60,260, and a regulated consumer hire agreement The various cancellation or withdrawal rights For these categories, an agreement may attract a withdrawal or cancellation entitlement under the following statutory or regulatory frameworks: a withdrawal right under CCA 1974,...

This Practice Note offers guidance on the EU regulatory landscape and the developing UK framework for vapour products and e‑cigarettes in the wake of Brexit and after IP completion day (eg 31 December 2020, the close of the Brexit implementation period). What are vapour products? Under EU and UK law, vapour products (often referred to as ‘e‑cigarettes’ or ‘e‑cigs’, ‘vapourisers’ or ‘vapes’) are characterised as products that can generate an inhalable aerosol containing an active ingredient, typically nicotine or a cannabinoid (CBD), through a mouth piece. Vapour products function by heating a solution (e‑liquid) that generally contains nicotine, propylene glycol and/or vegetable glycerine, flavourings, and the active ingredient (eg nicotine, CBD). E‑cigarettes do not contain tobacco (ie leaves and other natural processed or unprocessed parts of tobacco plants), and do not burn or produce the products of combustion associated with smoking, including carbon monoxide and ‘tar’. They are separate from both ‘tobacco products’ and ‘herbal products for smoking’ (which are products based on plants, herbs or fruits which...

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