Update - The Commercial Agents Regulations are here to stay

Published

Mar 10 2025

Written By

Partner
UK

I am a partner in our International Dispute Resolution Group in London where I specialise primarily in resolving disputes arising out of franchise, licence, distribution and agency agreements.

Louise Lanzkron

Dispute Resolution Knowledge & Development Lawyer
UK

I am the knowledge and development lawyer in our London International Dispute Resolution team. I play a key role in keeping my colleagues updated so that they are at the forefront of legal developments, trends and case law in the litigation and international arbitration arenas for the benefit of our clients.

Practices

Sectors

Retail and Consumer

Regions

Western Europe

Countries

In May 2024 the then UK Government launched a consultation on whether to repeal the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 (“CARs”), an instrument of retained EU law granting additional rights to commercial agents. On 13 February 2025 the current government announced that the CARs would remain in force without amendment. Whilst the consultation was framed as an opportunity for the UK to harness its new-found regulatory freedoms following its exit from the European Union, from the consultation responses it appears that the majority of both agents and principles…