Trading Standards law applies to a wide range of businesses, including tradespeople, retailers, manufacturers, food businesses, online traders, professional service providers and those operating in regulated consumer markets. Local authority Trading Standards teams have extensive investigatory and enforcement powers. Mistakes can be costly, with individuals facing prison for serious breaches.
Investigations can arise from consumer complaints, routine inspections, test purchases, product safety concerns, underage sales allegations, pricing issues, misleading advertising, unfair commercial practices or suspected breaches of consumer protection legislation.
Harrison Drury’s Regulatory & Compliance team can provide practical advice and representation to businesses and individuals facing Trading Standards investigations or prosecutions. If you or your business are investigated, invited to be interviewed under caution, served with enforcement notices, subject to product seizure or facing prosecution, we can help you navigate the process, protect your position and work towards the best possible outcome in the circumstances, while minimising business disruption, stress and commercial risk.
We can represent you or your business in the following areas:
- Trading Standards inspections and investigations
- Consumer protection obligations and alleged breaches
- Unfair trading and misleading commercial practices
- Product safety, product recalls and product seizures
- Food standards, labelling and pricing investigations
- Underage sales and age-restricted products
- Counterfeit goods and intellectual property enforcement
- Compliance notices, enforcement undertakings and cautions
- Interviews under caution
- Prosecutions
- Mitigation, sentencing and appeals.
To speak to our regulatory specialists please call us on 01772 258321 or make an enquiry below to see how we can assist you and your business.
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