Time to bring on the referee?

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Time to bring on the referee? is written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and published by The Stationery Office. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0215560973 (ISBN 10) and 9780215560971 (ISBN 13).

The Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee calls for changes to the Bill creating an adjudicator for disputes between suppliers and retailers under the Groceries Code. Evidence was heard of some improvement in Code compliance, but there is evidence too of continuing difficulties, and of reluctance by suppliers to invoke their rights under the Code. The Adjudicator will provide protection for suppliers in the form of a cloak of anonymity and will have its own powers to investigate alleged bad practice and it is agreed that those powers are needed so that suppliers will feel more secure in coming forward. The Committee does not believe however that the Adjudicator needs powers to investigate proactively, without any supporting complaint. They do recommend widening the scope of the Bill to cover additional sources, allowing indirect suppliers such as farmers and trade associations - and whistleblowers - to put forward their own evidence of Code breaches that would spark an investigation by the adjudicator. They disagree with the introduction of fines and propose that fines be an available penalty from the start, not least so that the Adjudicator's performance can be judged on the basis of a full package of remedies. The report also makes a number of suggestions on how the issue of costs should be addressed, including an early review of the Adjudicator's performance