Sexual Offences

With the ever increasing volume of allegations of offences of an historic sexual nature, solicitors engaged in defending clients charged with such offences must have reliable knowledge of the current law relating to such offences and the manner in which it has developed from previous law. This importance became apparent in a recent judgment handed […]

Kangs Solicitors are regularly instructed by clients, including those attracting a high profile, who face allegations of having committed offences of a sexual nature. Frances Murray of Kangs Solicitors reviews the latest allegations to attract press attention. Recent Allegations | Kangs Sexual Offences Allegations Advisory Team The current flow of allegations of inappropriate activity of […]

Section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015, (‘the Act’), which came into force on 3rd April 2017, arises from the campaign launched in 2014 by the National Society for The Protection of Cruelty to Children in which it was suggested that a new offence was required to protect children from those who communicate sexually […]

In this, the last of his series of articles regarding Historic Sexual Offences, Nazaqat Maqsoom of Kangs Solicitors now looks at the approach the Courts must take when sentencing and factors that they must take into account. R v L [2017] EWCA Crim 43 This appeal, earlier this year, follows on from R v Forbes […]

Following his article ‘Allegations of Historic Sexual Offences’, Nazaqat Maqsoom of Kangs Solicitors identifies the nature of such offences. Nature Of Historic Sexual Offences | Kangs Criminal Advisory Solicitors These offences are reported and charged at any time after the alleged incident and the passage of time is not a factor that affects the Crown […]

Nazaqat Maqsoom of Kangs Solicitors comments on such offences. What Is An Historic Sexual Offences? | Kangs Advisory Solicitors An Historic Sexual Offence is simply an alleged offence where the allegations concerning the incident are made a long time after it occurred. Generally, the incident complained of will fall within the current law at that […]