To change or not to change? Le conseguenze della Brexit sul diritto dei consumatori nel Regno Unito

This paper delves into the consequences of Brexit upon EU consumer law. After Brexit, in fact, fears that all the legal (along with economic, political and social) achievements within the EU could have been com- promised were, and – to some extent – are, real. However, this essay takes the argument that the body of consumer law will not be significantly affected by Brexit. In order to substantiate this position, several lega instruments (both European and British) are addressed and investigated in a comparative perspective. Such analysis strengthens, indeed, the be- lief that EU and UK consumer disciplines are alike and are destined to be alike even after Brexit. Furthermore, such conclusions can also be drawn by the analysis of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, entered into on December 24th, 2020. Therefore, the paper explains that the Shakespearian quotation which would properly describe the consequences of Brexit upon consumer law is not the Hamletic doubt, but the comedy entitled “Much Ado About Nothing”.