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The UK Data Protection Bill received Royal Assent on 23 May 2018 with the main provisions coming into force on 25 May 2018. Amongst other matters dealt with are issues of national security and, in so doing, it transposes the EU Law Enforcement Directive. Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, writes in her blog: ‘The legislation requires […]

An unregulated ‘Immigration Advisor’ has recently been sentenced for providing unqualified and unregulated advice. Sukhdip Randhawa of Kangs Solicitors explains the circumstances. The Legal Requirements | Kangs Immigration Law Advisory Team In order to provide legitimate immigration advice a person must be appropriately qualified and regulated by an authoritative body, such as the Solicitors Regulation […]

Dirty Takeaway Prosecuted For Breaches of Food Hygiene Regulations The owner of an East-Midlands ‘takeaway’ business has been fined more than £2,500 for a number of food hygiene offences at his premises. Steve Micklewright of Kangs Solicitors outlines the position. The Circumstances | Kangs Food Hygiene Solicitors Inspectors from the local authority found a host […]

Kangs Solicitors have successfully represented a prison officer in relation to information Thames Valley Police wanted to include on her enhanced DBS certificate (‘DBS’). Following the submission of detailed representations, the Police have decided not to disclose the information and Steve Micklewright of Kangs Solicitors reports the events. Background | Kangs DBS Criminal Defence Team […]

It has been announced by Justice Minister Lucy Frazer that the Government would back a private member’s bill, introduced to the Commons by Wera Hobhouse, to make ‘upskirting’ a specific criminal offence. This follows a campaign by Gina Martin who was the victim of ‘upskirting’ during a festival in London last year. Helen Holder of […]

At Chester Crown Court, a businessman and owner of a 14th Century South Cheshire wedding venue was sentenced to prison for twenty months after pleading guilty to breaching a number of Fire Safety Regulations, Enforcement and Prohibition Notices. Amandeep Murria of Kangs Solicitors sets out the circumstances. The Circumstances The Court heard that Cheshire Fire […]