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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 […]

Successful Conclusion Achieved | Kangs POCA Specialist Solicitors The Confiscation proceedings were very complicated and the Prosecution sought to recover a figure in excess of £120,000 by way of a Confiscation Order plus costs. The previous articles have highlighted the challenging difficulties which confronted our client at the outset and the manner in which they […]

It was announced on the 11th December 2017 that the government is to set up a new National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) in order to ‘task and coordinate the response to economic crime’. Kangs Solicitors are regularly instructed by companies and individuals who find themselves being prosecuted for alleged crimes involving financial fraud. Frances Murray […]

Not every investigation by the authorities results in a prosecution before a Crown Court. Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘POCA’) there is provision for proceedings to be issued in the civil courts for the recovery of assets that the investigating authority believes to have been acquired with the proceeds of crime derived from […]

Kangs Solicitors represented one of two defendants who had been summonsed to appear before Birmingham Magistrates’ Court for offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Sukhdip Randhawa of Kangs Solicitors reports upon the highly satisfactory outcome. The Investigation | Kangs Regulatory Solicitors Our client’s co-defendant rented two separate sites from Birmingham City Council, which enjoyed […]

In the UK the vast majority of criminal prosecutions are heard before magistrates, in the Magistrates’ Court, who decide the outcome of all cases brought before them. However, there are many more serious cases which are sent to the Crown Court for Trial before a jury. Additionally, some offences entitle a defendant to elect to […]