In a departure from our usual format, this will be a Q&A session, moderated by Brinsley Dresden, with the audience invited to put their questions to Jen Dinmore. Delegates will benefit from Jen’s insights gained as Director of Consumer Protection at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
• We are fast approaching the April 2025 implementation date of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 which will bring significant changes to the way consumer law is enforced in the UK.
• As part of this, the CMA is becoming a hugely powerful regulator of consumer laws - it will be able to initiate and conduct its own investigations, decide itself whether a company has breached consumer laws (without involving the courts) and unilaterally issue financial penalties of up to 10% of a company’s annual global turnover.
• What are the CMA’s enforcement priorities? What investigatory powers does it have in relation to consumer law enforcement and how will they be used in practice?
Who is it aimed at:
This session is aimed at anyone working with responsibility for advertising and creative production, and influencer marketing. This is also aimed at anyone working with legal responsibilities.
What will you gain by attending:
• An understanding of the significant changes to consumer law which will be implemented by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 as from April 2025.
• An understanding of how the CMA is becoming a hugely powerful regulator of consumer laws - able to initiate and conduct its own investigations, decide itself whether a company has breached consumer laws (without involving the courts) and unilaterally issue financial penalties of up to 10% of a company’s annual global turnover.
• An insider’s view of the CMA’s priorities and ways of working.
Presenters
Brinsley Dresden, Partner, Co-Head of Advertising & Marketing Law, Lewis Silkin LLP
Brinsley is a leading advertising and marketing lawyer, ranked in Band 1 by Chambers & Partners and in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame 2024. The Legal 500 2024 quotes his clients as saying, “Brinsley Dresden has provided immensely valuable advice to me, on countless occasions, in relation to marketing, brand and advertising problems facing my clients' brands.”
Jen Dinmore, Legal Director - Consumer, Lewis Silkin LLP
Jen specialises in advising clients regarding consumer regulation. She was previously Director of Consumer Protection at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), where she led number of high-profile investigations into breaches of consumer law since 2014. Before joining the CMA, she was a consumer lawyer at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and advised on regulatory issues at the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). She began her career practising as a solicitor, specialising in commercial litigation.
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Cost
FREE
Type
Online event