How do the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 protect consumers from shill bidding?
The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 prohibits unfair commercial practices. The Regulations classify unfair commercial practices in two ways, those which are unfair where the practice causes a consumer to take a different decision and those which are always unfair. The Regulations specifically ban 31 types of commercial practices. Such practices are always unfair. Certain other practices may be unfair.
