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An individual who holds a senior position within a company (Company Officer), even though not formally recognised as a ‘Director’, and registered as such at Companies House, of may still face exposure to the same administrative consequences and personal liability for debt etc. as if formal registration had been completed. There is no requirement for […]

Kangs Solicitors has successfully defended our client, a thirty-two years old professional man with no previous convictions, who was facing charges at Birmingham Crown Court for alleged offences of Sexual Assault and Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm. Helen Holder of Kangs Solicitors reports on this highly successful outcome. The Circumstances | Kangs Serious Crime Defence Solicitors […]

Kangs Solicitors has successfully defended our client, a fifty-five years old woman with no previous convictions, who was tried at Southwark Crown Court for alleged offences of fraud, converting / transferring criminal property and using criminal property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). Helen Holder of Kangs Solicitors reports on this highly successful outcome. Kangs Solicitors fields […]

Gloucester Crown Court has recently imposed a massive fine upon Morrisons following the sad death of an employee, Matthew Gunn, occasioned by catastrophic head injuries suffered at its supermarket store in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. At an inquest in May 2016, a Jury found that Mr Gunn’s death was an accident but added that Morrisons had missed […]

‘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 […]