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Kangs Solicitors have successfully assisted a client charged with assisting an escaped prisoner contrary to section 22 (2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1961. Frances Murray of Kangs Solicitors comments on the circumstances. The Circumstances | Kangs Criminal Defence Solicitors Our client, parent and primary carer of a severely autistic son, was charged with assisting […]

It is illegal for individuals to convey prohibited articles into a prison and such activity is covered by clear legislation, please see below link for examples of list A, B and C articles which are prohibited. Conveying Prohibited Articles Into Prison | Kangs Criminal Solicitors In addition to the general legislation referred to above, there is […]

Kangs Solicitors have been instructed to defend clients charged, alongside a number of other defendants, with cheating HMRC of revenue arising from the handling of diesel for motor vehicles. HMRC Allegations | Kangs Serious Fraud Defence Team It is alleged that our clients, through their company, ‘extended’ diesel fuel by illegally mixing it with kerosene […]

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales has published new guidelines (‘the new guidelines’) for offences involving the possession of weapons and threats to use them. Steven Micklewright of Kangs Solicitors provides an overview of the new guidelines. Bladed Articles and Offensive Weapons | Kangs Criminal Defence Solicitors The new guidelines cover the following offences; […]

Cagin Husnu of Kangs Solicitors sets out the law governing the possession of extreme pornographic images. The Law | Kangs Extreme Pornographic Images Trial Solicitors Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (‘the Act’) makes it an offence to be in possession of an extreme pornographic image, namely, one which is of […]

As outlined in previous articles, the purposes of a Confiscation Order (‘a Confiscation Order’) made by a Crown Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘POCA’)  are to recover for the Treasury such assets as are found to be readily available following  a conviction, to make provision for any further recovery that may become […]