CMA's new Unfair Contract Terms Guidance is here: what's changed and what your ...

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its final guidance on Unfair Contract Terms, which will serve as its enforcement standard. This follows the introduction of the DMCC Act 2024, granting the CMA direct powers to fine companies up to 10% of their global turnover for non-compliance, with a key clarification that non-transparent terms can be penalised even if they are not deemed unfair.

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