Trading Standards advice

Trading Standards experts

As consumers we all know how important high standards are and the necessity of maintaining them. At Irwin Mitchell, our Trading Standards team looks after businesses wanting to assess their current situation and adapt as necessary to the requirements of regulations. We also act for individuals and company employees who face potential investigation or who are prosecuted or summonsed to Court. We have recently acted in investigations and prosecutions brought by the Office of Fair Trading, The Medicines Healthcare and Regulatory Authority, Local Authority Trading Standards Departments and the Foods Standards Agency.

Our experience in trading standards investigations & compliance

In any investigation by specialist investigators you need specialist advice or representation. We'll support you throughout, with constructive advice that is delivered quickly and clearly by a team of specially selected experts. By helping you keep abreast of the regular changes in trading standards law, we can help your business to comply.

Recognised as leaders in our field, with many years experience and a nationwide team, our help in trading standards investigations is unrivalled. You can reach us 24 hours a day, and trust us to defend and protect your position with investigators and the media, if necessary. We work equally tirelessly on behalf of large corporate organisations and small businesses.

About trading standards investigations

Trading Standards is an area of the law regulated by Local Authority Trading Standards Departments and the Office of Fair Trading.

If you have received any notification of investigation, or regulatory interest, contact us as soon as possible. We have experience and expertise in trading standards and competition matters and we can assist and advise you on the minutiae of their jurisdiction and procedures.

What we can do for you

We understand that investigations do not restrict themselves to business hours. So we are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to deal with any issues, or worries, that need to be dealt with urgently.

We are able from the outset to liaise with investigating bodies to ensure there are no avoidable surprises and to act as an effective professional barrier between you and the investigators. In the event that interviews are necessary, we are able to advise and prepare you in advance to maximise your ability to deal with any allegation, or where appropriate we can make written representations on your behalf.

We are experienced at dealing with the print and broadcast media and should it be necessary to preserve your personal or corporate reputation, we can also advise on that. We regard it as much a part of the overall representation of clients engaged in business as any other aspect of the service we provide.

If an investigation by Trading Standards, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) or any other regulatory body gives rise to related issues regarding your employment status, then our employment team have lawyers who are experts in giving advice and assistance in relation to your employment rights.

Call David Egan or Sarah Wallace on 0870 1500 100 or 0207 421 3883 to arrange a consultation, or use the links above to drop us a line.

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