This is also expected to help to prevent honest traders from losing out to their more unscrupulous counterparts (IFTTA, 2012).
The Equality Act 2006 was held to extend the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion or belief into, among other things, the provision of goods, facilities and services (IFTTA, 2014).
These instructions were found to constitute price fixing as they were used as a benchmark for price quotations filed by consulting firms in response to calls for tenders (IFTTA, 2013b).
In Europe, an Austrian Supreme Court has recently determined that a firm that sells theatre and concert tickets through the internet must disclose the amount of the booking fee/commission for each transaction (IFTTA, 2013a).
IFTTA (2012) http://iftta.org/content/uk-and-unfair-contract-terms-reforms.
IFTTA (2013a) http://iftta.org/news/austrian-supreme-court-ticket-office-mustdisclose-commission.
IFTTA (2013b) http://iftta.org/news/france-court-appeal-affirms-fine-price-fixingleisure-and-tourism-sector.
IFTTA (2013c) http://iftta.org/news/austrian-supreme-court-hotelier-liablelegionella-disease.