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Commercial Disputes, copyright, Intellectual Property Disputes
Generative Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) is constantly developing technology that is quickly exerting an ever-increasing influence on our lives. AI directs computers towards thinking and behaving in a fashion resembling that of ‘humans’. AI feeds on information gathered from its surroundings, and responds appropriately and according to what it learns or senses. The constant growth of […]
13/09/23
Account Freezing Order, Civil Fraud
In an article posted to this website entitled ‘Account Freezing Order | Funds Frozen by Law Enforcement Agencies’ we explained the nature of an Account Freezing Order (‘AFO’) and the manner of Application under section 303Z1 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘POCA’). Kangs Solicitors has recently successfully assisted a client set aside an AFO which had been obtained against […]
11/09/23
Account Freezing Order
An Account Freezing Order (‘an AFO’) prohibits each person by or for whom the account to which the Order applies from making withdrawals or payments from the account. An AFO, inter alia, enables law enforcement agencies to prevent disposal of assets, suspected to have been gained as the result of criminal activity, pending the conclusion […]
08/09/23
ICO & Data Protection Investigations, Regulatory
Kangs Solicitors has been instructed by a national marketing company which is being investigated by the Information Commissioners Office (‘the ICO’) for alleged breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (‘PECR’). Tim Thompson of Kangs Solicitors outlines the situation. The Privacy And Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) | Kangs Data Protections Defence Solicitors Everyone responsible for processing personal […]
06/09/23
Commercial Disputes
The case of Norwich Pharmacal v Commissioners of Custom and Excise 1973 2 All ER 943 established that a person who is innocently caught up in the wrongdoing of another, so that they are more than a mere witness to the events, can be compelled to disclose the identity of that wrongdoer thereby enabling proceedings […]
06/09/23
Food Safety
Kangs Solicitors has recently defended a food safety prosecution of a client in a manner which he described asbeing ‘unimaginable’ to him. Our client, a company director, was facing prosecution for breaches of the Food Safety and Hygiene(England) Regulations 2013. Sukhdip Randhawa of Kangs Solicitors outlines the events. The Circumstances | Kangs Environmental Health Offences […]
01/09/23