Trading Standards Solicitor Investigations and Prosecutions
If you require support from a Trading Standards Solicitor on a legal matter, call us and we will listen to you with no obligations and offer you help with clear next steps guidance.
Here at Adkirk Law we have a specialist team dedicated to Trading Standards Solicitor Investigations and Prosecutions. Unlike many solicitors we operate on both sides of these cases by prosecuting and defending Trading Standards cases.
This gives us exclusive insight as to how the best cases should be run whether that is prosecuting or defending. We prosecute on behalf of Cheshire West and Chester Council who are the lead authority for the North West Trading Standards area.
We also defend businesses and individuals from all other areas across the country. We can advise at investigation stage; during interviews under caution; proceedings before the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts together with advice on various notices served on businesses regarding products.
As a Trading Standards Solicitor we always take a pro-active approach to defending and every possible avenue to avoid prosecution will be considered whether it is negotiation, representations or Judicial Review of decisions made. We understand what the investigation team are looking for and will take every step to achieve a good outcome for our clients.
Do Trading Standards solicitors only defend, or can they prosecute too?
Most don’t do both — but Adkirk Law does. As a Trading Standards solicitor firm, we prosecute as well as defend, so we know exactly how these cases are built from the other side of the table too.
Which council does Adkirk Law's Trading Standards solicitor team prosecute for?
Cheshire West and Chester Council, the lead authority for Trading Standards across the North West. Outside of that, our Trading Standards solicitors defend businesses and individuals being investigated or prosecuted anywhere in the UK.
Can a Trading Standards solicitor help avoid prosecution?
Often, yes. A good Trading Standards solicitor will look at negotiation, written representations, or a Judicial Review of the decision.
Why use a Trading Standards solicitor who prosecutes as well as defends?
Because we know what Trading Standards investigators are actually looking for, not just what the textbook says they should be looking for. That’s what lets our Trading Standards solicitors fight your case properly.
What can a Trading Standards solicitor help with at each stage of a case?
From the moment a Trading Standards investigation opens, right through to interviews under caution, notices served on your products, and proceedings at Magistrates’ or Crown Court level.
ADKIRK LAW IS ABLE TO ADVISE ON THE FOLLOWING:-
- Corporate and gross negligence manslaughter
- Interviews under caution
- Loss of registration
- Enforcement action (criminal or civil)
- Production Orders;
- Judicial Reviews;
- Prosecutions before the Magistrates’ and Crown Court;
- Consumer Contracts and distance selling;
- Test purchases;
- Unfair Commercial Practices;
- Product Labelling;
- Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008;
- Enterprise Act 2002.
