Our trading standards barristers provide a full service to local authorities, assisting on all stages of the investigation and prosecution process.
Red Lion Chambers’ highly respected Business Crime & Fraud team includes a number of specialists in the field of trading standards litigation. Members are experienced in conducting both civil and criminal trading standards cases.
Our trading standards expertise includes:
- prosecutions under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, and other unfair trading
- prosecutions under the Trade Marks Act and intellectual property infringement
- Fraud, including fraudulent trading
- Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime Act
- product safety prosecutions
- tobacco prosecutions, including counterfeit trading and underage sales
- Financial Services Regulation, including consumer credit and consumer compensation
- food safety and food standards
- animal welfare
Our expertise in this field covers all stages of the process, including:
- early investigative advice
- initiation of prosecutions
- assistance on preparing a case for court
- conduct of hearings in the Magistrates’ Court and Crown Court
- asset recovery and Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings
- advice on the appeal process
Members are often called upon to handle large-scale, high profile prosecutions on behalf of trading standards departments.
Drawing on expertise from across a number of specialist areas, our approach sets us apart from other chambers. Our trading standards barristers are known for their skill in liaising well with a variety of local government departments, as well as taking a supportive, pragmatic approach to providing advice and advocacy. Members are praised for their clear direction and ability to “think of everything”.