FSI Business
Trading Standards
The sale of goods and services is regulated tightly and without the proper advice, it can be easy to fall foul of the available legislation. The consequences can be extremely serious resulting in a company and its directors facing criminal prosecution.
Our team offers advice to ensure compliance with the multifarious trading standards legislation to ensure that goods and services comply. This includes goods that are inaccurately labeled, not accurately described, subject to age-restriction, event-ticket resale, counterfeit products or otherwise breaching legislation whether sold in shops, on-line or at markets and other public sales.
Our services include
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Advice on compliance with legislation
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Investigation, response to summonses and defending prosecutions
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Local Authority Trading Standards, Office of Fair Trading and other Regulatory bodies
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Civil claims for damages (taking and defending) including pre-emptive remedies
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Directors disqualification
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Advice to witnesses
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Assisting rights holders in pursing criminal and regulatory investigations and prosecutions
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Private prosecutions for misuse of trade marks and breach of copyright