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‘Disclosure of documents’ is the process followed during the course of court proceedings to ensure that all parties are fully aware of all documents that are available which may have a bearing on the case which they are contesting and that they are produced. The description ‘document’ is very wide and includes all forms of […]

In circumstances where a defendant has been found guilty of committing a criminal offence, as the result of a Jury verdict following a Trial at court or a Plea of Guilty having been made, it falls to a Judge, the Sentencing Judge, to consider and pass the appropriate Sentence. Such consideration normally takes place at […]

It has recently been heavily reported in the national press that a twenty-two years old woman has been sentenced to imprisonment for eight-and-a-half years following conviction for nine counts of ‘perverting the course of justice’ by falsely claiming that she was the victim of sexual abuse and rape.    For further Press details please follow the […]

As opposed to most crimes, where the offender is attracted to some form of object which the victim controls or possesses, hate crime is motivated by the personal standing of the victim, is one motivated by prejudice involving, normally, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation and is regularly accompanied by an act of violence. A victim […]

Kangs Solicitors has recently defended a client at Birmingham Crown Court who was found not guilty for charges of S.47 Assault (Offences Against the Person Act 1861) and Affray (Public Order Act 1986). Mohammed Ahmed of Kangs Solicitors outlines the case and how the highly favourable result was achieved. Kangs Solicitors has been defending clients facing criminal […]

A Trade Mark identifies a product(s) or service(s) which it distinguishes from those provided by competitors and may be owned by a company, business or individual. The nature of a Trade Mark is, basically, that which the owner wishes to adopt to identify and protect its product and may, by way of example, be a symbol, sign, design, word, musical […]