The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, (‘the Regulations’) which came into force on 23 January 2023, introduce new duties under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 for building owners or managers (‘responsible persons’). The Regulations have been introduced as an important step towards implementing the recommendations of the Grenfell Tower Enquiry and whilst they […]

A Coroner’s Inquest is an investigation to determine the cause of death of an individual. An Inquest is a Public Hearing, held with or without a jury, during which the Coroner may consider both oral and written evidence. At the end of a Hearing, the Coroner will deliver his conclusion as to the course of […]

The Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) is an independent UK public authority, reporting directly to the UK Parliament, and which enforces the provisions of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. It investigates and enforces data compliance of companies in the UK. The Information […]

In a previous article posted to this website entitled ‘Police Interviews and Questioning’, we detailed the manner in which The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (‘PACE’) provided the rules and procedure surrounding police interviews and questioning. PACE also provides the rules and procedure governing search and seizure activities which are an essential part of […]

Counterfeit consumer goods are goods which have been made or sold under a brand name belonging to another without the permission of that owner. Such goods are, typically, of inferior quality and those selling them commit a number of offences including infringement of trademark, patent or copyright by passing off such fake goods as original […]

KANGS has recently assisted a Fulfilment House company which had been raided by Trading Standards, avoid a potential criminal investigation as the result of counterfeit goods having been discovered. A Fulfilment House is term for a warehouse packaging facility and, in the course of its business, our client company received commodities from China which it […]