The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (‘the Act’), which comes into effect on 29 April 2024, requires manufacturers, importers and distributors of UK consumer connectable products to comply with minimum security requirements based on the UK’s Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security. The Act affects numerous items which are connected to the internet […]

The Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Act 2022 (‘the Act’) creates the offence of ‘Breast Feeding Voyeurism’ which, inter alia, targets voyeurs who record images of breastfeeding women without permission. The offence has been passed as the result of a campaign led by Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, who was photographed while feeding her […]

The Home Office has published its intention to categorise Nitrous Oxide as a Class C substance under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, by the end of 2023. Helen Holder of KANGS comments upon this proposal. Reasons for the Proposal | KANGS Substance Misuse Offences Defence Solicitors It is reported that Nitrous Oxide, otherwise known as ‘laughing […]

John Veale of Kangs Solicitors has considerable experience of conducting complex Confiscation / POCA cases. Here he provides some guidance on the issues that can arise involving the family home in Confiscation Proceedings. Confiscation Proceedings will invariably involve the family’s biggest asset, the home and this is what makes confiscation possibly the most upsetting, divisive […]

Kangs Solicitors has recently successfully assisted a client avoid inclusion on the Children’s and Adults Barred list. Helen Holder of Kangs Solicitors reports on this highly satisfactory result. What is a Barred List? | Kangs DBS Solicitors A Barred List is a database recording details of individuals banned from working with children or vulnerable adults arising from […]

Ellie’s Law arises from events following the sad death of seventeen years old Wiltshire teenager, Ellie Gould, who was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend Thomas Griffiths in May 2019. As he was only seventeen at the time of the murder, he received a far more lenient sentence than an adult would have received. However, […]