In the wake of escalating knife crime and the increased use of corrosive substances as weapons, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (‘the Act’) introduces a raft of new offences. John Veale of Kangs Solicitors outlines the offences referred to within the Act. New Offences | Kangs Offensive Weapons Advisory Team Part 1 of the Act […]

KANGS has successfully represented a client by obtaining a variation to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (‘SHPO’) which was ordered at Croydon Crown Court in 2017. Helen Holder of KANGS reports on the circumstances. The Circumstances The Law  (a) the public or any particular members of the public from sexual harm from the defendant, or […]

Kangs Solicitors has been representing a client, an accountant, charged with embezzling more than one hundred and thirty thousand pounds from her employer. Cagin Husnu of Kangs Solicitors sets out the details.     The Circumstances | Kangs Financial Crime Defence Team Following an eighteen months investigation conducted by the Economic Crime Unit of the West […]

Sefton Magistrates’ Court has imposed a substantial fine on an Exeter based company (‘the company’) which pleaded guilty to breaches of Health & Safety Regulations when an employee’s hand was severely injured by defective hydraulic cutters.      Amandeep Murria of Kangs Solicitors sets out the circumstances. The Circumstances | Kangs Solicitors Health and Safety Team […]

Environmental Health Officers are responsible for protecting public health, administering and enforcing environmental health legislation and providing support to minimize health and safety hazards. They are employed by local authorities throughout the country and are given extensive powers to investigate alleged offences. The level of prosecutions before the courts is rising rapidly and Sukhdip Randhawa […]

The Fraud Act 2006 (‘the Act’) recognized the fact that there were too many offences designed to tackle fraud and which confused Prosecutors as to which offence they should proceed with. It was decided that a number of offences could be amalgamated into one single offence of fraud. For example, eight deception offences contained within […]