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DSG Retail Ltd v Oxfordshire County Council: QBD 23 Mar 2001

A trader can commit the offence of giving a misleading price indication without the prosecution having to identify any particular goods which had been offered for sale at that particular price. The price indication could be given in any of several ways, of which stating a price at a place where a purchase was to be completed was only one. In this case an offer to beat any other price offered locally was in fact intended to be limited in ways not indicated, and there were additional undisclosed terms and conditions. The notice was part of the entire interplay between the customer and shop, and was misleading.

Citations:

Times 23-Mar-2001, Gazette 11-May-2001

Statutes:

Consumer Protection Act 1987 20(1)

Media, Consumer, Crime

Updated: 19 May 2022; Ref: scu.80140

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