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Many individuals keep swords or other weapons at home for legitimate purposes, such as hobbies involving historical re-enactment or for use by martial arts practitioners in teaching and demonstrations. The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 and the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 are designed to address crimes involving offensive weapons and not intended to target hobbyists […]
04/02/26
Financial Investigations, Services
KANGS has continued to distinguish itself as a leading Financial Crime Defence law firm in the UK, having earned the prestigious Band 1 ranking in the Chambers UK Guide 2026. Chambers & Partners is a global legal research firm that has provided independent evaluations of lawyers and law firms for over 30 years. Its rankings […]
03/02/26
Tax & HMRC
The Chancellor has announced a proposed ‘Strengthened Reward Scheme’ to encourage and financially reward individuals who report serious tax evasion or avoidance to HMRC, in cases which result in the recovery of unpaid tax which exceeds the sum of £1.5million. This Scheme is designed to bolster the Government’s efforts to ensure compliance with the prevailing […]
02/02/26
Criminal Litigation, Sexual Offences
In response to the significant increase in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to generate child sexual abuse images, the Government proposes new legislation to ensure that AI cannot be used to create such material. Although taking, making, sharing and possessing indecent images and pseudo-photographs of people under eighteen is illegal under UK law, […]
30/01/26
Criminal Litigation
A common dilemma that arises in criminal proceedings is where a defendant has lied, in one form or another, and this raises the question as to what extent, if at all, it should be regarded as proof of the defendant’s guilt of the crime charged. In the case of R v Lucas (Lyabode Ruth) [1981] […]
29/01/26
POCA, Regulatory
Environmental crime encompasses a wide range of offences, including breaches of environmental permits and failure to comply with the requirements of enforcement notices. We have represented clients across a range of industries, such as Waste Management, who have been subject to an Environment Agency investigations or prosecutions for breaching the conditions of an environmental permit […]
28/01/26
Tax & HMRC
The general principle of a VAT group is that two or more eligible persons may account for VAT under a single registration number. One person within the group must function as the representative member and is responsible for completing VAT returns and paying and reclaiming VAT on behalf of other members of the group. However, […]
26/01/26
