Consumer and Trading Standards

Consumer and Trading Standards: Law and Practice is an authoritative and comprehensive guide for everyone involved in consumer and trading standards law. This book covers the full range of the work undertaken by consumer protection lawyers and trading standards officers in local authorities.

This user-friendly text provides a clear and exhaustive analysis of the law including case-law and its application, wording of the statutory provision, plus expert commentary and analysis of the practical issues.

This edition has been fully updated and includes:
•A full update on the consequence of Brexit, including the application of EU Exit regulations following the expiry of the Brexit transitional period on 31st December 2020.
•A new chapter on Health and Safety.
•The addition of charging precedents for all commonly prosecuted criminal offences.
•The coverage of nutrition and health claims, vitamins, food supplements and novel foods within an updated food chapter.
•A comprehensively updated chapter on consumer rights to include the ap-plication of complex electronic commerce regulation.
•Inclusion of all recent CJEU decisions on unfair terms and unfair commercial practices