The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 made a series of important changes to existing consumer law but one of the least understood is the introduction of the concept of subscription contracts.
Following a recent announcement by the Prime Minister, the new rules are now scheduled to come into force on 1st January 2027, and traders need to consider now what changes will need to be made to existing processes and procedures to ensure future compliance.
Presented by Keith Markham, Subscription Contracts - Time to Act! is a 1-hour webinar available to stream from 13th November which summarises the key issues relating to subscription contracts with particular emphasis on the following topics:
- Definition of ‘subscription contracts’
- Automatically recurring
- Increase in original rate
- Excluded contracts
- Pre-contract information to be provided
- Key pre-contract information
- Full pre-contract information
- Provision of reminder notices
- Content and timing
- Cooling off rights
- Initial and renewal cooling off periods
- Cooling off notices
- Criminal enforcement
About the Speaker
Keith qualified as a solicitor in 2001. Initially working in private practice, in 2004 he moved in-house at the BGL Group. During his time there, Keith advised on and conducted contract negotiations of a complex nature, often with major blue chip companies. He also advised extensively on data protection and consumer regulations as well as e-commerce and website related issues. Since 2007, Keith has been providing training on topics relating to commercial contracts, private company acquisitions, data protection, and e-commerce to lawyers and non-lawyers alike.