‘Popular trader recommendation websites must vet the firms they advertise and tackle fake reviews under new rules designed to protect households from cowboy builders and tradespeople.’
The Guardian, 11th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Shops selling illegal vapes and the sale of vaping products to children are the top threats on the UK’s High Streets, according to Trading Standards officials.’
BBC News, 19th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Yorkshire trading standards officers have helped to secure the first successful prosecution against a company fraudulently reselling event tickets on a large scale.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th February 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The director of a lettings and property management agency who defrauded more than £230,000 from the landlords and tenants that were his clients has received a two-year prison sentence, following an investigation by Southampton City Council’s Trading Standards Service.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Joint action by Hillingdon Council’s planning enforcement and trading standards teams has seen a Hayes landlord ordered to pay more than £430,000 after she turned her property into an illegal House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd December 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Four ticket resellers have won a case in the First-Tier Tribunal, which ruled that North Yorkshire County Council took action out of time.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th April 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘MPs have called for a consultation to ban the sale of real fur after finding that retailers and Trading Standards were “complacent” about it being labelled as fake.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Trading Standards team at the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead has secured its longest-ever sentence after a rogue builder was jailed for six years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th March 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A warning has been issued over fake lipstick after a court heard that the level of lead in counterfeit products can cause severe health problems. Paul Lamerton sold fake lipsticks on eBay and Facebook with 300 times the legal level of lead, and magistrates in Plymouth, Devon, were told that if used regularly the cosmetic could result in high blood pressure, cardiac, reproductive and neurological problems.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Trading Standards departments in London have issued fines amounting to around £370,000 to lettings agents in the last three months alone, it has emerged.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘New guidance on price promotions has been issued by the UK Chartered Trading Standards Institute to replace the previous Pricing Practices Guide by BIS (now merged into the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy). The guidance applies to all consumer sales of goods, services and digital content, and includes online transactions as well as those in retail premises. Enforcers are likely to allow traders until April 2017 to bring their practices into line with the guidance.’
Technology Law Update, 2nd February 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Fifteen London businesses selling unsafe cosmetics products have been fined in a crackdown by Trading Standards.’
BBC News, 11th January 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has warned councils to “think carefully about their statutory duties when making cuts – or risk being hauled before the courts”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th October 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Trading standards officers have accused the government of failing to protect consumers after it emerged that the local council budget for policing rogue traders has fallen to just £1.99 a year per citizen.’
The Guardian, 7th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Councils should be able to apply for and be granted magistrates’ approval electronically for access to communications data, the Local Government Association and trading standards organisations have said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th January 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Biggleswade man who made more than £5,000 after advertising his services as a professional McKenzie friend has been jailed for three years after being found guilty of multiple trading standards and housing benefits offences.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st August 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Controversial Harley Street specialist is found guilty of claiming he can cure cancer in landmark case brought by trading standards.’
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Businesses that sell goods and services to consumers over the internet should face criminal penalties if they fail to display details on cancellation rights, the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) and Association of Chief Trading Standards Officers (ACTSO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th October 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Criminals will profit from the ‘unintended consequences’ of new laws meant to protect consumers, the Trading Standards Institute (TSI) is warning.”
The Independent, 27th August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A rogue trader has been jailed for more than five years in what is thought to be the longest term handed out for a trading standards prosecution.”
BBC News, 14th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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