Pragmatist

I've often berated the European Commission's vain attempts to catalyse cross-border markets using Directives . The law follows comm...

You may wonder why a blog focused on how we seize control of our consumer experiences devotes so much space to our frustration in the person...

Not content with the dog's breakfast of European consumer and retail finance directives , the European Commission now wants to harmonise...

This just out from the European Commission: " Internet of Things: an action plan for Europe ". My apologies to the authors, but ...

In a recent speech , the EU Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, Meglena Kuneva, signaled 5 current priorities in relation to retail financial...

Meglena Kuneva, the EC's Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, appears to be trying hard to compile meaningful data on " how markets u...

Great news. In her recent blog , the European Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, Meglena Kuneva, has said: "In January, I will publish ...

The Home Office continues to build an all-seeing Nanny State at our expense, regardless of proportionality, competitive and low-cost commun...

Last Tuesday, I played a very small part in the closing panel discussion at the Society for Computers and Law 3rd Annual Policy Forum . Th...

Having committed rather too late to the principles of " better regulation ", it's only right that the European Commission shou...

I've been involved in helping people sell at a distance secretly now since lawyers were first told it was okay in a coded document ( 97/...

This is the Last Straw. I've just seen "micro-enterprise" defined in a document called "2005/0245 (COD) LEX 797"...

The European Commission's plans to regulate to create cross-border consumer markets will only limit innovation and growth. Faciliating s...