On 8 May 2008 the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) published a consultation paper on reforming the current UK consumer law regime.
BERR is gathering views and supporting evidence on improving the consumer law regime.
All consumers and organisations trading with consumers could be affected by changes to consumer law.
The consultation envisages a wide-ranging review which will need to take into account the concurrent EU review of eight consumer directives.
The review covers the body of legislation, redress and enforcement arrangements that underpin the core principles of protecting business-to-consumer transactions: commercial practices, contract fairness, product and service quality, accurate measurement of quantities and product safety. Responses are requested by 31 July 2008.
