- We can help you if you have been accused of a Trading Standards violation.
- Trading Standards cover legislation created by Government to protect consumers and investigations can be triggered by an alleged violation of acceptable standards in the following:
- Consumer/buyer rights
- Food safety
- Animal welfare
- Sale of age-restricted products
- Fair trading
- Food labelling
- Trading Standards prosecutions can be serious and can result in prison sentences. The potential for damage to reputation can also be huge. So it is essential that businesses take a proactive stance in this area.
- We are often able to negotiate with Trading Standards to prevent a case from proceeding to Court.
- We can provide clear, precise and commercially considered advice to help our Clients at all stages of investigation.
- We can become involved on your behalf at an early stage, can attend any interviews with you and represent you in any proceedings that may ensue.
- We only defend Trading Standards cases but in the past some of our Lawyers have been instructed by London Boroughs such as Camden to prosecute a wide range of Trading Standards matters.
- This makes us quite unique as Defence Lawyers because we can use previous Prosecution experience to our advantage, being able to de-construct the Prosecution case and defend more effectively.
- Please call us or email us and we can start advising you on the best way forward.