Consumer Protection Bill

The purpose of the seminar is to provide insight into the Consumer Protection Bill via the following content:

• Outline of the policy framework of the CPB.
  
• Ambit of the CPB.
  
• Legislation the CPB repeals.
  
• Implementing the CPB.
  
• Fundamental consumer rights.
  
• Litigation - strict liability; disclaimers and exemptions; unfair contractual terms.
  
• Practices governing the regulation of trade/legal measurements in the protection of consumers.
  
• Functions of the National Consumer Protection Institutions.
  
• Interaction between consumer protection and competition law.