The CLA will be holding an evening meeting on Tuesday 11 November at 6pm at Lewis Silkin LLP, 255 Blackfriars Rd, London SE1 9AX.
This is being held in conjunction with our Annual General Meeting. The AGM will begin (and registration will be open) at 6:00pm, and the talk will follow promptly at 6:30pm.
Hayley Fletcher, Geraint Lloyd-Taylor and Kotryna Drasutyte have kindly agreed to speak on:
Consumer Law Powers under the DMCCA:
CMA and external counsel perspectives
This session will consider the CMA’s new powers afforded by the DMCCA to investigate potential breaches of consumer law. Hayley Fletcher of the CMA will set out the scope of the CMA’s powers and provide some insight into the CMA’s current work and expectations of how the use of its powers will develop. Geraint Lloyd-Taylor will provide a perspective from private practice and Kotryna Drasutyte will comment, drawing on her experience as an economist in the public and private sectors.
Hayley Fletcher is the Senior Director for Consumer Protection at the CMA, responsible for its consumer enforcement work under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA). Geraint Lloyd-Taylor is a Partner and the Co-Head of the Advertising & Marketing group and Head of the Regulatory group at Lewis Silkin. Geraint advises on a range of legal and regulatory issues, with a focus on consumer regulations such as the DMCCA. He also defends clients in relation to CMA investigations and advises on brand-led content, including advertising & marketing campaigns, social media, and PR.
Kotryna Drasutyte is an economist at BRG. Kotryna’s experience spans the public and private sectors, having acted as the lead economist for high-profile matters at the UK CMA and the PSR and advising private clients in the UK, EU and internationally. She advises on merger inquiries, market studies and investigations, standalone competition law investigations and follow-on damages claims, in sectors including technology, digital, payments, transport, energy, manufacturing and consumer goods, among others. A copy of the Notice of the AGM is attached together with draft minutes of last year’s AGM. Any member of the Association wishing to propose a resolution for consideration at the AGM may do so by giving seven clear days’ notice in writing to the Secretary of their intention to do so. Please note that associate members of the Association are not able to propose a resolution for consideration at the AGM.
The session will be followed by drinks and canapés. There is no additional charge for members. There will be a registration fee for non-members: £50 (full rate); £35 (full time academic/public sector employees); £10 (students, trainees, pupil barristers).
Online registration will close midday on Monday 10 November.
