In a previous article posted to this website entitled ‘Police Interviews and Questioning’, we detailed the manner in which The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (‘PACE’) provided the rules and procedure surrounding police interviews and questioning. PACE also provides the rules and procedure governing search and seizure activities which are an essential part of […]

Counterfeit consumer goods are goods which have been made or sold under a brand name belonging to another without the permission of that owner. Such goods are, typically, of inferior quality and those selling them commit a number of offences including infringement of trademark, patent or copyright by passing off such fake goods as original […]

KANGS has recently assisted a Fulfilment House company which had been raided by Trading Standards, avoid a potential criminal investigation as the result of counterfeit goods having been discovered. A Fulfilment House is term for a warehouse packaging facility and, in the course of its business, our client company received commodities from China which it […]

Tony's Law named after, Tony Hudgell showed his dogged determination not to allow his physical disadvantages to overwhelm him have featured in the press extensively over the last few years. His challenges, accomplished whilst walking on prosthetic legs, have resulted in him raising over £1.2 million for the Evelina Hospital, the hospital where he was […]

Whilst the Order or Undertaking will not prevent an individual from being employed by a company, (save in very rare exceptions where court permission has been granted), the disqualified director will not be able to: Any breach of a Director Disqualification Order, or a Disqualification Undertaking, in appropriate cases, could be punished by way of […]

On the 1 July 2023 the Sentencing Council published new Sentencing Guidelines (‘the New Guidelines’) for those convicted of the Offence. Helen Holder of KANGS outlines the New Sentencing Guidelines. The Offence Section 87 of The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 states: ‘(1) A person who causes serious injury to another person by driving a […]