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FCA Investigations, Financial Investigations
John Veale of Kangs Solicitors considers further the powers available to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) when investigating insider dealing and market manipulation. Functions of the FCA | Kangs Fraud Advisory Solicitors The FCA: The Financial Services Act 2012 (‘the Act’) | Kangs Fraud Solicitors In addition to the Criminal Justice Act 1993, which deals […]
17/07/17
Regulatory
Food Supplier shut down for breaches of Food Hygiene Regulations A Cannock based meat supplier, which provided meat to in excess of five hundred food outlets across the country, has been shut down by a keen eyed environmental health officer (‘the EHO’). It was by pure chance that the EHO spotted the director of the […]
27/06/17
FCA Investigations, Financial Investigations
The Legislation Insider dealing is a criminal offence (‘the offence’) governed by sections 52 and 53 of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 (‘the Act’). The Offence | Kangs Criminal Advisory Solicitors Section 52 of the Act provides that a person is guilty of the offence if he: What Information Is Relevant? | Kangs Criminal Lawyers […]
26/06/17
Kangs Solicitors have successfully defended a client, who is a pharmacist, charged with rape. The Prosecution alleged that our client had raped a female following an evening at a popular night spot in Central London. However, following a trial lasting six days at Wood Green Crown Court, our client was unanimously acquitted by the jury. […]
31/05/17
Criminal Litigation
Sukhdip Randhawa of KANGS outlines the recent decision of R v Johnson [2017] EWCA Crim 189 In that decision, the Court of Appeal have confirmed that, for the purpose of establishing the commission of an offence of conveying ‘list A’ or ‘list B’ articles into prison, the Crown simply have to prove that the offender […]
13/04/17
Timothy Thompson of Kangs Solicitors comments further on new offences proposed by this Bill. Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOS) | Kangs POCA Solicitors UWOs are to be introduced to enable law enforcement agencies to seize and investigate property of an individual, without having to first prove criminal conduct, where it is suspected that such property represents […]
05/04/17