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 […]

Tony's Law named after, Tony Hudgell showed his dogged determination not to allow his physical disadvantages to overwhelm him have featured in the press extensively over the last few years. His challenges, accomplished whilst walking on prosthetic legs, have resulted in him raising over £1.2 million for the Evelina Hospital, the hospital where he was […]

Whilst the Order or Undertaking will not prevent an individual from being employed by a company, (save in very rare exceptions where court permission has been granted), the disqualified director will not be able to: Any breach of a Director Disqualification Order, or a Disqualification Undertaking, in appropriate cases, could be punished by way of […]

On the 1 July 2023 the Sentencing Council published new Sentencing Guidelines (‘the New Guidelines’) for those convicted of the Offence. Helen Holder of KANGS outlines the New Sentencing Guidelines. The Offence Section 87 of The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 states: ‘(1) A person who causes serious injury to another person by driving a […]

The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (‘the Act’), which comes into effect on 29 April 2024, requires manufacturers, importers and distributors of UK consumer connectable products to comply with minimum security requirements based on the UK’s Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security. The Act affects numerous items which are connected to the internet […]

The Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act 2022 (‘the Act’) creates the offence of ‘Breast Feeding Voyeurism’ which, inter alia, targets voyeurs who record images of breastfeeding women without permission. The offence has been passed as the result of a campaign led by Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, who was photographed while feeding her […]