Guidance

Wedding services: coronavirus (COVID-19), cancellations and refunds

Statement setting out the CMA’s views on how the law operates in relation to contracts for wedding services affected by the coronavirus pandemic. 

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 7 September 2020

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Wedding services affected by COVID-19: statement of the CMA's position on cancellation and refunds

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is providing this statement of its views because many couples have not been able to get married as planned as a result of the government public health measures introduced to restrict the spread of the coronavirus. 

The purpose of this statement is to help consumers understand their rights and to help businesses to treat their customers fairly.

Various sources of further guidance are referred to in this statement, which consumers and wedding businesses may find useful:

• information about government public health measures, and their status, can be found on the GOV.UK coronavirus web pages
• the CMA’s general guidance about consumer contracts affected by the coronavirus
• the CMA’s further guidance on unfair contract terms and information for businesses on how to write fair contracts

Published 7 September 2020