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Lawdata has been advising clients on trading standards issues for over 20 years.

Lawdata was established over twenty years ago to provide advice to the motor trade on trading standards issues, primarily the Trade Descriptions Act 1968. Over the years our legal team has successfully defended against prosecutions but more importantly assisted clients in identifying problems before they result in a prosecution.

As you are probably aware, the Trade Descriptions Act makes it an offence to apply goods to which a false trade description has been applied, and/or to sell or offer to sell goods to which a false trade description has been applied. However what happens when everything goes wrong?

Are you aware that a breach of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 could leave your company directors personally open to prosecution?

Are you aware of exactly what the Trade Descriptions Act covers; how your employees could leave the directors open to prosecution and how you can prevent this happening?

DO YOU KNOW?

One false trade description could leave the business with £5,000 fine and a criminal
record.

As a director, you could be held personally liable for offences committed by the business, even if it is a limited company.

In order to succeed with a statutory defence, you need to show the business has taken all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence.

Do you know what is required to provide for a statutory legal defence?

Do you know what the reasonable precautions to take?

Do you know what your due diligence procedures are or should be?

THANKFULLY WE DO!

> Lawdata prides itself on explaining Trading Standards, Consumer Law and VAT issues in common-sense English as they apply to your business. We can identify how compliance systems protect and benefit your business, improving customer perception and projecting a better quality product, service and image to your entire operation.

The Lawdata Helpline and casework service allows dealers to refer problems to specialists, thereby helping to ensure that difficult situations do not get out of hand and are managed in an appropriate way.

Difficult situations inevitably arise at short notice, and having specialist advice available saves dealers being left in a position where they are forced to make decisions which, given time to reflect they may not have made.

In addition to unlimited access to the legal team, members also benefit from:

Reference manuals covering Consumer Law, VAT and Trading Standards
Advice on procedures necessary to form the basis of a statutory legal defence system
Free advertisement checks
Access to advice on VAT
Document Checks
Document Checks
Monthly Bulletins advising on contentious issues and legal developments.

Lawdata can also provide consultation on the current Legal Health of your business including the procedures you presently use.