KANGS has recently successfully assisted a client in overturning a Bank’s decision to close his Business and Personal Bank accounts. Tim Thompson briefly outlines how we achieved this successful result. The Circumstances Our client applied for a personal mortgage to a Bank which, having declined the Application, subsequently filed a report with ‘CIFAS’ alleging that […]

A previous article posted to the KANGS website entitled ‘Police Search and Seizure Powers’, detailed the manner in which The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (‘PACE’) provides the rules and procedure governing police interviews, questioning and search and seizure of property. PACE also governs procedure, alongside the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 […]

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’) creates a public ‘right of access’ to information held by ‘Public Authorities’ which obliged to: The definition of ‘Public Authorities’ includes Government Departments, Local Authorities, the NHS, and Police Forces. The Act outlines the manner of the presentation of a ‘Freedom of Information’ request and the appropriate […]

Conducting civil litigation proceedings through the civil courts in England and Wales has always been, and remains, a relatively expensive enterprise, to the extent that such costs can often be seen as a barrier to anyone seeking any form of remedy through those courts. There never is, of course, a guarantee of success when seeking […]

A company director and his company have both received substantial fines following a prosecution conducted by The Environment Agency before Worcester Crown Court for offences contrary to Regulation 38(1)(a) and regulation 12(1)(a) of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (‘the Regulations’). Helen Holder of KANGS outlines the circumstances. The Circumstances The company, which […]

In a previous article posted to this site entitled Online Safety Bill we examined The Online Safety Bill (‘the Bill’) designed ‘to make provision for and in connection with the regulation by OFCOM of certain internet services; for and in connection with communications offences; and for connected purposes.’ The Bill has now been approved by […]