This piece considers the protection afforded to consumers in the EU when using applications on their mobile phones. While it is argued that the law is in place to offer some protection (notably the Consumer Rights Directive and the Unfair Commercial Practice Directive) many issues surrounding...

This piece explores the regulation of online marketing. The Internet has enabled advertisers to get to know their customer base and harness technology to a point where the once anonymous Internet is now a space where advertisers know you are dog. There is much progress however for the law to...

This chapter assesses the changing face of B2C consumer contracts, the current regulatory landscape and the viability of the fragmented model of regulation adopted in the EU. It looks at the substantive rules applicable to consumer e-contracts, and see how those may need to be improved in order...

The aim of the UCPD is to harmonise the laws on unfair commercial practices and with it bring adequate remedies for consumers victim of such practices. The text provided for maximum harmonisation, yet, the implementation raised considerable difficulty across Europe over the manner in which to...

Social commerce represented at least $14 billion dollars in 2015, steadily increasing from previous years. A survey by Statista showed that 65.4% of US users had used a social media platform to make purchase directly through a post in 2017. As the size of social media worldwide continues to...

This document includes the results of the Survey undertaken as part of the study Legal Instruments and Practice of Arbitration in the EU.The Study was prepared for the JURI Committee of the European Parliament, and was published by the Parliament in February 2015. It investigates the law and...

This document includes the Annexes for the Study: Legal Instruments and Practice of Arbitration in the EU.The Study was prepared for the JURI Committee of the European Parliament, and was published by the Parliament in February 2015. It investigates the law and practice of arbitration across the...

This Study was prepared for the JURI Committee of the European Parliament, and was published by the Parliament in February 2015. It investigates the law and practice of arbitration across the European Union and Switzerland, at both a national level and at the level of the European Union. It...

Consumer Law in England is a complex web of legislation. In the context of the most recent reform, consolidating a number of pieces of statute, this paper reflects on how English consumer law ought to develop in the future and whether this embryonic codification should be pursued, replaced by...