Providing clear direction on product liability and compliance for over twenty years, our product liability and compliance lawyers are well adapted to supporting leading brands with product compliance, safety and stewardship matters including regulatory investigations, inquiries and product recalls.

Our team of specialist lawyers offer in-depth advice at all stages of the product life cycle, from ethical raw material sourcing to advertising and marketing, through to regulatory investigations and supply chain disputes, our lawyers will support and guide you through it all. It is important to us that we ensure our client’s reputation and success is maintained. 

Clients of our product compliance & liability law team

We provide comprehensive product liability and compliance advice to a variety of businesses operating in diverse sectors, ranging from local to multinational organisations, including:

  • Automotive and transportation
  • Chemical 
  • Cosmetic
  • Electronics
  • Household goods and home improvement
  • Fashion and retail
  • Food and hospitality
  • Pharmaceutical and healthcare.

Product compliance & liability law services

Providing support to both national and international businesses, we work hard to understand each client’s individual objectives within the sector they work in order to help them succeed in all aspects of product regulation and compliance from the get-go. Drawing on experience from a wide variety of backgrounds, our compliance lawyers are able to offer the very best legal services including:

  • Ensuring clients are up to date and in line with current product compliance and regulations
  • Advising in respect of regulatory investigations, inquiries and product recalls
  • Assisting with developing supplier due diligence policies and procedures
  • Supporting clients with supply chain disputes and claims
  • Ensuring product quality and safety control policies and procedures are in place
  • Advising on all aspects of product regulation including product launches, marketing claims, labelling, and UKCA and CE marking issues
  • Offering guidance on the sustainable sourcing of raw materials for products and subsequent environmental responsibilities
  • Responding to public and Select Committee inquiries relating to product to product compliance, safety and stewardship, and supply chain matters.

Working closely with our clients to better understand their needs and expectations means that clients are able to benefit from our exceptional knowledge and collaborative approach in order to achieve optimum results.

If you’re a business in need of legal support and advice on any range of product compliance and liability issues, get in touch with our excellent team of regulatory and compliance lawyers here at Womble Bond Dickinson to find out how we can help you today.

Examples of work

Here are some examples of our product compliance and liability experience in advising a number of clients:

  • Numerous retailers and manufacturers in relation to changes following Brexit including UKCA marking issues
  • A national retailer in respect of concerns regarding the safety of various consumer products including chemical products, furniture and other household items and potential withdrawal and/or recall
  • Various organisations in respect of environmental obligations relating to waste packaging, waste electrical goods and batteries
  • Cosmetics brands in respect of the compliance with the requirements of UK and EU cosmetics legislation 
  • Manufacturers in relation to product claims and defending complaints regarding alleged non-compliant/misleading claims
  • A FTSE 100 company in relation to the compliance of COVID-related PPE in the context of a multi-million pound claim against the supplier
  • A European retail group in respect of its proposed quality assurance and compliance procedures, including preparing practical guidance to assist with the drafting of a quality manual
  • A variety of UK retailers in relation to test purchases undertaken by local authority trading standards departments relating to the safety and compliance of consumer products
  • Various businesses in relation to compliance with the UK and EU Timber Regulations including drafting policies and guidance for use by the business.

Providing clear direction on product liability and compliance for over twenty years, our product liability and compliance lawyers are well adapted to supporting leading brands with product compliance, safety and stewardship matters including regulatory investigations, inquiries and product recalls.

Our team of specialist lawyers offer in-depth advice at all stages of the product life cycle, from ethical raw material sourcing to advertising and marketing, through to regulatory investigations and supply chain disputes, our lawyers will support and guide you through it all. It is important to us that we ensure our client’s reputation and success is maintained. 

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Clients of our product compliance and liability law team

We provide comprehensive product liability and compliance advice to a variety of businesses operating in diverse sectors, ranging from local to multinational organisations, including:

  • Automotive and transportation
  • Chemical 
  • Cosmetic
  • Electronics
  • Household goods and home improvement
  • Fashion and retail
  • Food and hospitality
  • Pharmaceutical and healthcare.

Product compliance and liability law services

Providing support to both national and international businesses, we work hard to understand each client’s individual objectives within the sector they work in order to help them succeed in all aspects of product regulation and compliance from the get-go. Drawing on experience from a wide variety of backgrounds, our compliance lawyers are able to offer the very best legal services including:

  • Ensuring clients are up to date and in line with current product compliance and regulations
  • Advising in respect of regulatory investigations, inquiries and product recalls
  • Assisting with developing supplier due diligence policies and procedures
  • Supporting clients with supply chain disputes and claims
  • Ensuring product quality and safety control policies and procedures are in place
  • Advising on all aspects of product regulation including product launches, marketing claims, labelling, and UKCA and CE marking issues
  • Offering guidance on the sustainable sourcing of raw materials for products and subsequent environmental responsibilities
  • Responding to public and Select Committee inquiries relating to product to product compliance, safety and stewardship, and supply chain matters.

Working closely with our clients to better understand their needs and expectations means that clients are able to benefit from our exceptional knowledge and collaborative approach in order to achieve optimum results.

If you’re a business in need of legal support and advice on any range of product compliance and liability issues, get in touch with our excellent team of regulatory and compliance lawyers here at Womble Bond Dickinson to find out how we can help you today.

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Testimonials

“...notable expertise in product liability mandates including product safety issues, compliance work and product recalls.”

The Legal 500, 2021