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A Staffordshire based landlord has received a suspended prison sentence for failing to provide a gas safety certificate. The Circumstances | Kangs Health and Safety Team The Court heard how the landlord failed to present a Landlords Gas Safety Record to the Health and Safety Executive (‘HSE’) despite numerous attempts by the HSE to obtain […]

Nazaqat Maqsoom of Kangs Solicitors explains the various considerations that the court will take into account when determining sentence. Aggravating & Mitigating Factors | Kangs Domestic Abuse Defence Team The new guidelines list aggravating and mitigating factors that should be considered. The Aggravating Factors Abuse of trust and abuse of power Victim is particularly vulnerable […]

The Criminal Enforcement Insolvency Service Team (‘CET’) is tasked to deal with insolvency related fraud and associated corporate misconduct and prosecute those found to have committed offences contrary to Insolvency and Company Law with a view to deterring fraud in companies and by bankrupts. Timothy Thompson of Kangs Solicitors comments. Director Disqualification Undertaking | CET […]

The development and use of technology in the detection of crime increases almost on a daily basis. Whilst for a number of years police and prosecuting authorities have been relying on what have become recognised and accepted appliances such as CCTV and Automated Number Plate Recognition, police in Germany have widened the scope by recently […]

On 25th May 2018 sweeping changes are being introduced to the law affecting data protection by virtue of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’), which will remain effective until the UK eventually leaves the EU. Accordingly, the changes cannot be ignored and all those affected by data processing considerations need to be alive to […]

Three women have won a High Court battle against the government as to whether or not their previous convictions for prostitution ought to be disclosed. Under the current Disclosure and Barring Scheme (‘DBS’) regime, those with previous criminal convictions are generally required to disclose all previous convictions, with a few very limited exceptions. The Circumstances […]