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The Public Order Act 1986 (’the Act’) abolished the old common law offences of riot, rout, unlawful assembly and affray, creating new offences relating to public order. Regarded as one of the great reforming pieces of criminal legislation, the Act was passed after a period of public unrest and was designed, amongst other things, to […]

KANGS successfully obtained a suspended custodial sentence order on behalf of a client convicted at Cardiff Crown Court for possession of significant amounts of Class A and Class B drugs with intent to supply. Mohammed Ahmed of KANGS briefly explains how this outcome was achieved for our delighted client. The Circumstances During a search of […]

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) is an important piece of legislation that governs the powers and procedures of police officers when conducting criminal investigations, making arrests and gathering evidence. It establishes guidelines for the detention, questioning, and treatment of suspects, as well as rules for the conduct of searches and seizures. PACE […]

KANGS has successfully represented a client who was the subject of an HMRC compliance check into her Self-Assessment Tax Returns. Tim Thompson of KANGS explains how this successful result was achieved. The Nature of HMRC Compliance Checks When HMRC wishes to ensure that an individual, business or company is complying with their obligations to declare […]

The Football Spectators Act 1989 (‘the Act’) not only created specific offences relating to fan behaviour, such as throwing objects onto the pitch or into the crowd, racist chanting, violence against persons or property and alcohol-related offences. It also ushered in the implementation of Football Banning Orders. A Football Banning Order may be imposed on […]

The Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme (‘ULS’) enables any person to request a review by the Attorney General of a Crown Court Sentence if they feel the sentence passed is considered too lenient. However, an Unduly Lenient Sentence only applies to a sentence that is unduly lenient, as opposed to lenient: ‘… where it falls outside […]