Legal News & Expert Insights

Ticket touting, an ever-increasing cause for concern over a number of years, is now being thoroughly targeted by the Government. Touting occurs when touts purchase volumes of tickets and then resell them, typically outside venues or via online selling platforms, often at substantially inflated prices. Whilst historically, touting was generally associated with the marketing of […]

Where a confiscation order has been made and has not been satisfied or subject to an appeal, an application may be made to appoint an Enforcement Receiver. The Enforcement Receiver is tasked with enforcing the confiscation order in respect of the defendant’s realisable property. KANGS has successfully assisted a client defeat an application by the […]

Money laundering covers financial transactions, both small or large in value, where there exists an attempt to disguise money or the monetary value of other assets which have been illegally obtained, with the intent of subsequently releasing that money onto the marketplace in a manner which makes it appear to be legitimate. In every day […]

An Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) enables enforcement authorities, such as the Serious Fraud Office (‘SFO’), to pursue funds which are suspected of representing the proceeds of crime. Once an UWO has been issued against an individual, that person is required to explain the source of the suspicious wealth when it appears disproportionate to that person’s […]

While a company may be responsible for an environmental offence, in certain circumstances that responsibility does not remain confined to the company and can extend personally to a director and other senior company officers. The number of prosecutions being commenced by the authorities following offences that cause environmental harm is very much on the increase. […]

A Restraint Order is a court order that prosecuting authorities such as HMRC, the SFO, the FCA, the CPS and Trading Standards may seek to freeze certain assets linked to an individual or a business. It is usually sought during an investigation and before any criminal charges are brought. If the court grants the order, […]