Office of Fair Trading

It is mentioned that the chairperson would not be a person of Judiciary and he/she would hold the office either for five years or the age of sixty five, as per Section 10(1) and he would be very much eligible for reappointment. Under competition act, the competition commission of India has been given all the powers of Civil Court and the Section 60 of

Introduction Shopping online is where you can purchase products or services online through devices, such as laptops, computers, tablets or smartphones. Online shopping has recently grown in popularity, mainly because it's convenient, easy and usually costs far less than shopping in a store. It also saves you the trouble of searching several stores for a particular product and waiting in long queues. However, online shopping has its drawbacks as you cannot touch and feel the item before buying it

consumer, how consumer laws protect a consumer. How the laws protecting a consumer are implemented in the society or community. How to go about to implement the rights and eliminate the violation of the rights of a consumer. Tanzania has enacted the Fair Competition Act and there provisions in the Act that stipulates on consumer protection. Although this law has incorporated many changes in the technological development still there is a problem in implementation especially on consumer protection.

find one in the newspaper the price to go Dubai is £299 and you ring the company up to book the tickets however when you phone them up they say the price is actually £350 as they never included the price with VAT then through the trading

they know their rights properly then they can be saved from exploitation from the shop keepers. To safeguard the consumers and their rights the Consumer Protection Act of 1986 has been introduced. It ensures correct information to the consumers and fair competition in the market. But on the other side consumers are also exploited. Many people are cheated by low quality or duplicate products but people do not claim for it. Nowadays we are not able to find the duplicate and original products. There

Was Singapore correct to exclude vertical restraints from the section 34 prohibition? Introduction The Competition Act in Singapore is a relatively young piece of legislation. Substantive provisions prohibiting anti-competitive acts and conduct, in the form of sections 34 and 47, only came into effect as recent as 1st January 2006. The Competition Act was “largely modelled on the UK's Competition Act 1998 ” , which was in turn modelled after European competition law contained in the Treaty establishing

In the case of the Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National1 Lord Phillips stated “I think personally I would have been quite in favour of the OFT looking into bank charges, if I had complete freedom to decide.... but the statute said it was not within their terms of reference”2 Lord Phillips makes it very clear that decisions in cases are tied to legal rules, however what is the role of legal rules in judicial decision making? There are different schools of thought with regards to that question

The Australian government, state and territory government legislation exists to protect businesses, consumers, individuals, the environment and the community. This enables a conducive environment for business to flourish as well as to promote fair-trading and competition. One would ask why should governments spend enough time putting place such regulations. This is because without laws to govern how businesses operate and interact with their suppliers, customers and fellow businesses, there will

registrants of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. (c) The Role of the Division of Trading and Marketing The role of the Division of Trading and Marketing is that assists the Commission implement its responsibility for maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets. The Division’s staff provides monitor major participants of the securities market, such as the securities exchanges; securities firms; self-regulatory

repayments to represent the creditor’s loss and this is why formal termination by the debtor is not a advisable course of action. If the court feels that the credit bargain is extortionate in that it is grossly exorbitant of offends the principles of fair dealing then it may reopen the credit agreement and do justice between the parties. Effectively the court could change the agreement by rescheduling repayments and/or set aside the whole or part of the debt. The Supply of Goods and Services Act