Trading standards solicitors

Get expert advice and support with trading standards investigations

Trading standards law is a complex field, governed by a variety of pieces of legislation and the nature of the investigation being undertaken can vary enormously. Our team of experienced trading standards lawyers has extensive experience of a wide variety of trading standards matters and can support you through every stage of the process to avoid a potential prosecution and secure the best result for you and your business.

Our specialist team of trading standards solicitors has many years of experience in defending businesses facing trading standards investigations and prosecutions.

Our expertise includes advising clients on safe products, trade descriptions, fair trading, sale of age-restricted products and consumer rights in sectors ranging from food to DIY products.

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Testimonials

The Weightmans team has a strong depth of talent and is able to draw experience from across a wide range of client industries.
Legal 500, 2026
The team is uniformly helpful, speedy, and charming.
Legal 500, 2026
The Weightmans team has a strong depth of talent and is able to draw experience from across a wide range of client industries.
Legal 500, 2026
Maintains a strong presence in health care and Inquests work.
Legal 500, 2026
The Weightmans team are highly professional but at the same time are very personable and approachable. They are extremely engaging and are always on hand to offer their advice and expert opinion. The team has consistently provided us with outstanding legal support and guidance across various complex matters.
Legal 500, 2026
The team has a great deal of client skills and is readily able to make the client feel at ease. One gets the impression that the team considers greatly the needs and views of the client.
Legal 500, 2026
Weightmans are an excellent firm, packed with real stars who always deliver a first-class service for their clients. Their knowledge of regulatory law and inquest proceedings is unsurpassed.
Legal 500, 2026
The team is very well resourced and supported from partner level and as such, is well placed to provide high-quality representation at all stages.
Legal 500, 2026
Weightmans Birmingham team is a very strong choice for safety in the region.
Legal 500, 2026
Very responsive and great advice given.
Legal 500, 2026
The team are always striving to get the best result for us as a client. They have a very good depth of highly relevant knowledge and high levels of empathy for the company and affected staff. They are knowledgeable, practical and sensitive. They provided a personal service. Weightmans took the time to fully understand our business. They were diligent, informative and provided an exceptional service.
Chambers and Partners, 2026
Weightmans team has exceptional skill, knowledge, tenacity and drive to support their clients throughout proceedings and beyond. They have an exceptional grasp of rapidly changing complex matters.
Chambers 2025
The firm offers exceptionally high client support when dealing with extremely sensitive cases.
Chambers 2025
The practitioners are very diligent. They are also strong and responsive lawyers.
Chambers 2025

Why choose our trading standards solicitors?

We can help you ensure that what is required of your business is fair and assist you in reaching compliance to ensure minimal disruption to your business. We can assist you in obtaining appropriate testing and provide guidance and support in relation to the powers of the regulators to enter premises, seize goods and gather evidence. Representation can be provided at interviews under caution and, in the event that a decision is taken to prosecute your business, we can assist you to maximise your chances of winning your case.

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We serve clients across the UK and internationally from our offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham

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Examples of our work

Some of our recent cases have involved:

Advising in relation to the strength of imported ladders following a Coroner’s Prevention of Future Deaths report.
Advising in relation to an international shoe retailer’s advertising.
Advising in relation to the trade description of a unique sealant product.
Representing a company at court charged with selling unsafe hand sanitiser in contravention of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005.
Representing online sellers of alleged counterfeit Apple products, in breach of the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016.
Successfully represented a distributor of car parts at court in relation to an application by Trading Standards to seize and forfeit alleged counterfeit stock valued at over £300,000.