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Giles Bedloe

DEKA Chambers
Giles specialises in fraud and financial crime, commercial dispute resolution and business regulation. Ranked in Legal 500, Giles is recommended for Business & Regulatory Crime and for Fraud including money laundering and asset forfeiture. Giles is a member of the Attorney General’s Panel of Regulatory Counsel and the CPS Specialist Fraud Panel. Giles advises enterprises across the spectrum in compliance and business protection, in particular on matters of food labelling and food safety, drawing on his knowledge of consumer protection in the criminal and regulatory context.

In the Directories, Giles is praised for "knowing how financial services regulators and financial institutions operate" and "providing clear, practical advice tailored to the client's needs". He is described as "an advocate who is able to get to grips with the issues and explain them in clear terms".

Professional clients commend him for "continuing to be excellent in his field" and being "approachable, knowledgeable, and extremely diligent". He is credited for "not being fazed by unexpected complications" and to have been "thoroughly reliable".

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2001

Experience

  • HSBC Bank (2015 - 2016)
  • Drystone Chambers (2011 - 2020)
  • Attorney General’s Regulatory Panel (2018 - 2021)
  • CPS Specialist Fraud Panel (2018 - 2021)
  • CPS RASSO Panel (2012 - 2016)

Membership

  • Criminal Bar Association
  • Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers
  • Fraud Lawyers Association

Qualifications

  • MA Hons (Oxon.) (1999)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Law (2000)
  • Bar Vocational Course (2001)

Education

  • University of Oxford (1995 – 1999)
  • City University (1999 – 2000)
  • Inns of Court School of Law (2000 - 2001)

1 Contributions by Giles Bedloe

Allergen and ingredient labelling offences under the Food Information Regulations 2014 reg 10 (England): strict liability, Natasha’s Law and sentencing
PRACTICE NOTES
Allergen and ingredient labelling offences under the Food Information Regulations 2014 reg 10 (England): strict liability, Natasha’s Law and sentencing
Assimilated Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers (the Assimilated FIC) sets out the overarching principles, requirements and responsibilities for food information, and in particular food labelling, in the UK. The Food Information Regulations 2014 (FIR 2014), SI 2014/1855, provide the national enforcement framework for England. For details of the obligations placed on food business operators under these rules, see Practice Note: Food information and food labelling law. Offences under the Food Information Regulations Under FIR 2014, SI 2014/1855, reg 10, a failure to comply with specified provisions of the Assimilated FIC and FIR 2014 amounts to an offence. No mens rea is set out for this offence, making it one of strict liability. The reg 10 offence sits alongside the powers of food authorities to enforce FIR 2014, SI 2014/1855. General FIC provisions relevant to the reg 10 offence FIR 2014, SI 2014/1855, reg 10 refers to a series of general provisions in Assimilated Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 that underpin the offences outlined below. These general provisions are identified below. Article 9(1)(c) of the Assimilated FIC requires the indication of any ingredient or processing...
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