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Companies House has introduced a new identity verification process whereby anyone setting up, running, owning or controlling a company in the UK must verify their identity, as newly prescribed. The new requirements arise from The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (‘the ECCTA’), which forms part of a wider government initiative to improve transparency […]
29/05/26
Criminal Litigation, Sexual Offences
Non-consensual intimate image abuse, often linked to revenge porn, occurs when intimate content is shared, or threatened to be shared, produced, or reproduced without consent. In practice, this may involve images or videos that appear to show an adult naked or engaged in sexual activity, even where the image has been AI generated, edited or […]
26/05/26
Commercial Disputes, Intellectual Property Disputes
Databases regularly sit at the heart of a company’s operations and may comprise of any information from customer and marketing data to vendor information and financial records. Given that their development normally reflects the expenditure of considerable time and capital, they can constitute a valuable commercial asset. The law protects a database under the general […]
22/05/26
FCA Investigations, Financial Investigations, POCA
Where a confiscation order has been made and has not been satisfied or subject to an appeal, an application may be made to appoint an Enforcement Receiver. The Enforcement Receiver is tasked with enforcing the confiscation order in respect of the defendant’s realisable property. KANGS has successfully assisted a client defeat an application by the […]
21/05/26
Regulatory, Trading Standards
We regularly receive enquiries about the scope of Trading Standards enforcement powers, including if they can close a business, impose penalties for offences, whether their officers can enter business premises, and how the Trading Standards investigation process operates. There are a number of Acts and Regulations which provide extensive protection to consumers in the UK […]
18/05/26
Criminal Litigation, Trading Standards
With an ever-increasing level of knife crime being committed throughout the UK, regularly involving minors, criminal courts now exercise little tolerance when sentencing those convicted of knife-related offences. Possession of a bladed article is a serious criminal offence in England and Wales. Carrying a knife in a public place without a lawful reason can result […]
15/05/26
FCA Investigations, Regulatory
The key consumer protection provisions of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the ‘Act’), came into force on 6th April 2025, and it affects those selling goods, services or digital content to consumers. The Act focuses upon three main areas being the regulation of digital markets, the wider promotion of competition, and consumer protection […]
13/05/26
