We advise businesses and individuals facing prosecution by Trading Standards. We draw on our experience of previously prosecuting such cases for local authorities.
We can advise you in relation to all regulatory offences that these investigations and prosecutions cover including; Trade Marks Act, Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading regulations, Fraud and product labelling.
If you face such an investigation please contact us at the earliest opportunity to discuss how we may be able to assist.
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New guide to improve consumer product safety recalls
It was announced in January 2018 that the Government was strengthening the UK's product safety regime by creating a new body in the wake of recent warnings. The newly formed Office for Product Safety and Standards will manage responses to large scale product recalls and identify risks to consumers.
Find out moreThe National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) describes food fraud as 'a dishonest act or omission, relating to the production or supply of food, which is intended for personal gain or to cause loss to another party'.
Find out moreLondon cosmetic shops fined £168,000 in 2016 for selling illegal cosmetics
London Trading Standards have published figures which show that 15 cosmetic companies across the capital were fined a total of £168,579 in 2016 for dealing in unsafe cosmetic products.
Find out moreSpecialisms
- The General Food Regulations 2004
- Trade Marks Act 1994
- Fraud and Business Crime
- Victims of Crime and Private Prosecutions
- The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2009
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