Consumer Policy Review back issues from March 2003:
Enterprise Act 2002: The New Law of Mergers, Monopolies and Cartels
Mar 01, 2003; ... Tim Frazer, Susan Hinchcliffe and Kyla George. 2003 Enterprise Act 2002: The New Law of Mergers, Monopolies and Cartels. The Law Society. London. Barely a few months after the Enterprise Act received royal assent and some months before it actually comes into force, we have a book ...
School meals: Do government guidelines make the grade?
Mar 01, 2003; ... With children's diets under intense scrutiny, Helen Crawley asks whether government guidelines for school meals are really working ABSTRACT There is growing concern over the diets and nutritional intake of children. School meals are vital in shaping children's food choices and ...
On closer inspection
Mar 01, 2003; ... A recent study by Health Which? into laser eye surgery highlighted the potential risks to which companies have failed to alert consumers. Faced with ambiguous messages in the form of misleading advertising, celebrity endorsement and substantial claims of success, consumers are unable to make ...
Antitrust as consumer choice: Comments on the new paradigm
Mar 01, 2003; ... ABSTRACT The protection of the consumer from monopoly power is a key objective of US antitrust law and institutions. Yet, conventional price theory does not offer an adequate framework for identifying monopoly abuse or making antitrust decisions. Countless examples from industries as ...
Abused by the NHS: patient consent and confidentiality
Mar 01, 2003; ... ABSTRACT Maintaining patient confidentiality and obtaining the consent of patients to share information about themselves are core principles of the medical profession. However, the extensive record-keeping now required in the NHS, the need for information sharing and the rapid ...
Dispensing with regulation
Mar 01, 2003; ... CA applauded the OFT's recommendations to liberalise the pharmacy market, allowing any registered pharmacy to dispense NHS prescriptions. De-regulation will create a more competitive environment by enabling new players into the market while encouraging existing players to improve their services ....
Holiday blues
Mar 01, 2003; ... As the Treasury considers options for the regulation of insurance, we published findings by Which? that reveal widespread mis-selling of travel insurance by travel agents ...
The rise to grace from favour of the European consumer
Mar 01, 2003; ... ABSTRACT From post-war deprivation to economic growth and social regeneration, the status of the European consumer has improved considerably over the last 50 years. Greater affluence and a wider choice of products and services have spawned a new confident breed of consumer able to ...
Best way for Safeway?
Mar 01, 2003; ... CA has advised the OFT that it is unnecessary to refer Morrisons' bid for supermarket giant Safeway to the Competition Commission. In our submission, we emphasised that a successful Morrisons' bid, which would bring a fourth major player into the billion pound UK ...
Recommended reading
Mar 01, 2003; ... Hernando de Soto. 2001. The Mystery of Capital. Black Swan. London A remarkable piece of work which asks the simple question as to why capitalism lasts so well in the West but fails everywhere else. The reply may not convince everyone, but it is brilliantly argued and clearly spelled ...
Recommended surfing
Mar 01, 2003; ... 1 Office of Fair Trading www.oft.gov.uk For: all the merger consultations, working papers, merger advice and speeches you could hope for. Against: a profoundly ugly site and very difficult to negotiate if you do not understand where the OFT likes to put things. 2 ...
Regulating DIY genetic tests
Mar 01, 2003; ... CA's call for stricter regulation of the supply and promotion of genetic tests direct to the public was recently supported by the Human Genetics Commission (HGC). In its initial proposals, the HGC points to the need for over-the-counter genetic testing kits to be subject to greater scrutiny. CA ...
Informed patients
Mar 01, 2003; ... Understanding patients' information needs is merely the beginning in a much needed reform of communications between healthcare professionals and the public. CA's latest policy report, Patient information: what's the prognosis?, calls for a series of measures which will ultimately reassure ...
EU enlargement: Ticking the boxes or making history?
Mar 01, 2003; ... ABSTRACT EU enlargement marks a significant milestone in European history. Public opinion, both in EU Member States and the accession countries, is pro-enlargement. Yet, as May 2004 approaches, there are considerable challenges for EU consumer policy. Accession countries should be ...
Price to play?
Mar 01, 2003; ... CA has given a warm welcome to the record fines levied by the OFT on Argos and Littlewoods for their roles in the recent price-fixing of Hasbro toys and games. The two retailers' collusion with Hasbro and consequent breach of the 1998 Competition ...