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A request for an adjournment of a Hearing in criminal proceedings is no longer likely to be granted as a matter of course as was the case in the past when an adjournment would be agreed almost as a matter of course by the making of a simple request supported by the agreement of all […]

A new taskforce, the Economic Crime Strategic Board (‘ECSB’), has been announced bringing together the Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, National Crime Agency (‘NCA’), and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (‘SRA’)  with the common intent of addressing and tackling the ever increasing burden on the economy of financial crime, which encompasses fraud, bribery and money […]

Two self-employed fireplace installers were recently prosecuted before Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court. Helen Holder of Kangs Solicitors explains the circumstances. The Circumstances | Kangs Regulatory Offences Defence Solicitors The Investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found that the defendants had installed three new gas fires in domestic properties between August 2015 and February 2017 […]

The legislation that has been enacted ahead of the UK’s exit from the EU includes ongoing provisions affecting data protection. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, (‘EUWA’), ensures that the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) is retained in UK law. Therefore, it is anticipated most of what has been learned in respect of GDPR and […]

Kangs Solicitors has been instructed to represent a sportsman in relation to information the police want to disclose on his enhanced DBS Certificate relating to an alleged inappropriate relationship within his employment. As a result of the allegations, the sportsman was suspended by his national governing body. Despite never having been arrested or spoken to […]

A trader was recently sentenced at Warwick Crown Court having pleaded guilty to one count of fraud. The trader, Paul Raybone (‘Mr Rabone’), was said to have bullied an elderly and vulnerable couple into agreeing to pay over £11,000 for work to the roof of their home, which they had not agreed to. Nazaqat Maqsoom […]