Here is a round-up of some Trading Standards prosecutions over the last 12 months or so, which you are encouraged to read carefully.
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Links to external sources relating to these prosecutions are given at the end of the article. Lawgistics Limited and Lawgistics Litigation for the Motor Trade CIC are not responsible for the content of such external websites.
- January 2025 – A car dealer is to be sentenced after pleading guilty to breaking the terms of a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO), that was imposed by the court several years previously for car-related crimes. This prosecution came from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Trading Standards. Sentencing was due on 14 January 2025, but at the time of going to press, no outcome had been reported.
- November 2024 – Luton car dealer prosecuted for advertising vehicles without declaring they were the subject of outstanding manufacturer safety recalls. The dealer was fined £1,200 and ordered to pay a £120 victim surcharge and £2,500 in costs, totalling £3,820. Vehicles should either have recall work remedied pre-sale or otherwise be advertised as stating that the recall work remains outstanding.
- July 2024 – Luton car dealer prosecuted for misdescribing three vehicles as to their condition and providing invoices with a false company name and address. The dealer was fined £900 with a £90 victim surcharge and a compensation order of £3,177 payable to the three victims. The total to be paid was £4,167. Two fraud charges are to remain on the car dealer’s file.
- June 2024 – Dudley car dealer prosecuted for selling a dangerously defective car priced at £2,500. The company director was personally fined £10,000. The company itself was fined £2,500. The victim surcharge imposed was £2,000. The consumer is to be refunded for the price of the car and court costs of over £5,000. The vehicle is to be scrapped.
- January 2024 – Neath Port Talbot car dealer prosecuted and jailed for six months for selling an unsafe car. Also, the dealer was ordered to pay £2000 in compensation. It should be noted the hearing was held at the Crown Court, not at a magistrates’ court, and was prosecuted under the General Product Safety Regulations. The failed MOT that brought about the prosecution was undertaken five months after purchase.
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- https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/crime/car-trader-from-peterborough-to-be-sentenced-following-trading-standards-prosecution-4895559
- Used car dealer ordered to cough up almost £4,000 after breaching consumer protection laws – Car Dealer Magazine
- 03/07/2024 – Motor trader pleads guilty to fraud
- https://councilnews.dudley.gov.uk/news/car-dealer-pleads-guilty-to-selling-a-dangerous-and-unroadworthy-vehicle
- https://www.journaloftradingstandards.co.uk/automotive/car-trader-jailed-for-unsafe-vehicle/
