Following an unfortunate incident in which a coach driven by our client collided with the underside of a railway bridge, he was subsequently required to attend a Hearing before the Traffic Commissioner to determine his ongoing fitness to operate as a vocational driver. Mohammed Ahmed of KANGS outlines the circumstances and the events that led […]

KANGS has successfully represented our client, a former director of a liquidated hotel business, avoid Director Disqualification Proceedings under the Company Director’s Disqualification Act 1986, which sought to remove him from his role as company director. Nazaqat Maqsoom of KANGS outlines the circumstances leading to the investigation conducted by the Insolvency Service. The Circumstances of […]

HMRC focuses its attention on a variety of service and industry sectors when seeking to undertake VAT investigations. For a considerable period, many operatives within the care industry have benefited from an artificially reduced VAT liability by adopting the practice of ‘VAT grouping.’ This involved ‘state-regulated’ providers, i.e. those registered with the Care Quality Commission, […]

It is undeniable that Intellectual Property is an important asset for creators and companies alike. Strong brand protection and enforcement is important, because without it, the creative industry, research and development and entrepreneurism are likely to stagnate. Whilst less common today, for many years it was not uncommon to see ‘copied’ or arguably counterfeit products […]

Director disqualification, as set out in the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 (‘the Act’), serves to protect the public interest by preventing further misconduct on the part of an offending director. It does so by imposing a period during which the individual is disqualified from holding any office within a corporate body. Whilst the vast […]

In the recent case of R v Hayes; R v Palombo [2025] UKSC 29, the Supreme Court quashed the convictions of bankers Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, finding both unsafe as the result of serious flaws in their respective trials. Both bankers had previously been convicted and imprisoned, in separate proceedings, for conspiracy to defraud […]