David Groome
Call 1987
LLB (Hons) (King's College, London)
Practice: Trading Standards and Crime
‘QEB Hollis Whiteman's David Groome is outstanding and a credit to the Bar in trading standards matters involving intellectual property.’ – The Legal 500 (2009)Summary
David Groome prosecutes and defends in all serious crime.He has particular expertise in criminal aspects of intellectual property law (trademarks and copyright); all aspects of trading standards law, in particular, product safety, health & safety, food safety, consumer credit and cases involving counterfeit goods.
He also specialises in complex fraud; confiscation proceedings; liquor licensing; and all forms of private prosecution (he has conducted over 250 to date, for both corporate and private clients).
Reviews
Recommended as a Leading Junior - Consumer and Product Liability - The Legal 500 (2010 /2009)Notable cases:
Virgin Media v Faulkner and others (2010)
Multi-defendant cable television fraud
R v Davies (2003)
Counterfeiting and confiscation
R v Johnstone (2003)
Bootleg recordings by well-known performers
R v Davies
Counterfeiting and confiscation
R v Purseglove
The 'world's biggest bootlegger'
R v Wendy Fairs Markets Ltd
Test case prosecution of market fair organiser
R v Mitchell
Multi-handed counterfeiting case
R v Farhat Nissa and others
Multimillion pound conspiracy to defraud the music industry
R v Rayyonics Ltd
Illicit set-top box supplier
BPI v Access All Areas Productions
Unlicensed karaoke systems
Articles:
Prosecuting offences involving counterfeit goods
Incorporating trademark offences, the Trademarks Act 1994, classification of trademarks, prosecuting copyright offences, the 13.3.2009
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