Fines and punishment
13 September 2012
Statutory charges on overdue payments and a crackdown on collusion with competitors and bid-rigging were just two of the big legal changes in 2002, as Susan Singleton explains
For those tracking legal developments relevant to purchasing and supply, 2002 has been busy. The government has enacted the Enterprise Act 2002, implemented the E-commerce Directive and proposed major changes to unfair contract terms law. The Consumer Guarantees Directive, with its changes to the Sale of Goods Act, is due sometime in 2003.
However, the basic law...