We have a unique position in the defence of trading standards prosecutions. We were the first solicitors in the country to represent individuals and businesses prosecuted by Trading Standards across the UK for telephone premium rate offences. In that case we took over from an inexprienced firm that had wasted over £100,000 in legal fees due to their lack of understanding of criminal procedure and evidence. Our intervention rescued the company directors from a prison sentence and saved them from insolvency. Read more here.
We are currently representing the first defendants to be prosecuted by the Office of Fair Trading (read more here: OFT) under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. It is clear that the OFT intend to use this legislation to prosecute far more frequently than has been the case previously. There is also a clear intention from the Government that criminal prosecutions are to be used in preference to regulatory fines. This will allow applications under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to recover the alleged profit from unlawful enterprises.
Our efficiency and structure means that we are able to tailor our services to suit our client. Typically we are able to charge fees far lower that larger commercial solicitors whilst providing a specialist service able to challenge the prosecution with greater precision.
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We have a unique position in the defence of trading standards prosecutions. We were the first solicitors in the country to represent individuals and businesses prosecuted by Trading Standards across the UK for telephone premium rate offences. In that case we took over from an inexprienced firm that had wasted over £100,000 in legal fees due to their lack of understanding of criminal procedure and evidence. Our intervention rescued the company directors from a prison sentence and saved them from insolvency.