A comprehensive understanding of regulatory requirements is crucial to operating a business in the travel and leisure sector.

“The group is renowned for its commercial skills in the handling of contracts, transactions and regulatory issues for a range of clients across the industry.”

Chambers UK A Client’s Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2006*

We provide specialist advice, assistance and representation in all areas including:-

• CAA requirements and powers
  
  
• ATOL Regulations, Standard Terms and Guidance Notes
• when is it necessary to hold an ATOL
• selling as agent of an ATOL holder
• paperwork requirements for ATOL holders and agents
• ATOL bonding and alternatives to bonding
• ATOL to ATOL sales
• ATOL holder failure and the protection afforded by the Air Travel Trust
• suspension and revocation of ATOLs
• public transport flights and Air Operators’ Certificates
  
  
• Office of Fair Trading powers and enquiries
  
  
• Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 2004 - ‘unfair terms’ in booking and other conditions
• Competition Act 1998 – anti-competitive behaviour and agreements
• Enterprise Act 2002 – enforcement of consumer law
• Control of Misleading Advertisements Regulations 1988
  
  
• Advertising Standards Authority
  
  
• CAP Code
• ASA investigations
  
  
• Trade body membership and financial security requirements
  
  
• ABTA Code of Conduct and Code of Conduct Committee referrals
• ABTA financial protection rules
• trust accounts
• bonding

Seminars and bespoke in-house training are also available in all areas.

For further information, please contact us on 0113 242 4444 or email advice@mb-law.co.uk.

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