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Norfolk County Trading Standards prosecuted estate agents Charles and Julie Bycroft under the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 over property particulars describing a 0.4 acre garden as “approximately 0.75 acre sts.”…

In a recent high profile court battle, Dragons’ Den victor Levi Roots defended his right to sole ownership of the recipe for his successful spicy sauce brand. But did his…

In one of a blizzard of initiatives launched as its supposed demise approaches as part of the Coalition’s bonfire of the quangos, the Office of Fair Trading has published guidance…

For a change it was businesses rather than consumers which the Mercantile Court recently stepped in to protect in action by Croydon Trading Standards under the Business Protection from Misleading…

The Committee of Advertising Practice, the ad industry body that writes the CAP Code, has issued new guidance on ad claims based on surveys. It covers five categories of these…