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Redress compliance and choice: Enhanced Consumer Measures and the retreat from punishment in the Consumer Rights Act 2015

Cartwright, Peter

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PETER CARTWRIGHT peter.cartwright@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Consumer Protection Law



Abstract

This article examines critically the extent to which the availability of Enhanced Consumer Measures (ECMs) created by the Consumer Rights Act 2015 addresses the problems associated with the enforcement of consumer protection law in the UK. The article explains the genesis of the provisions by establishing the limitations of the previous law before moving on to consider the extent to which ECMs are successful in addressing those limitations. The article argues that while the availability of ECMs will potentially improve the ability of both enforcers and courts to achieve some objectives of consumer protection law, the measures raise some significant concerns. Of particular concern is the extent to which they signal a move away from prosecution in cases where that would be the optimal response, and so compromise the ability of consumer protection law to achieve some of its most important objectives.

Citation

Cartwright, P. (2016). Redress compliance and choice: Enhanced Consumer Measures and the retreat from punishment in the Consumer Rights Act 2015. Cambridge Law Journal, 75(2), 271-300. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197316000210

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 23, 2016
Online Publication Date May 3, 2016
Publication Date Jul 31, 2016
Deposit Date May 9, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Cambridge Law Journal
Print ISSN 0008-1973
Electronic ISSN 1469-2139
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 75
Issue 2
Pages 271-300
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008197316000210
Keywords consumer protection; criminal law; enforcement; consumer rights
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/791601

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