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Kangs Solicitors has successfully represented a client facing allegations of contraventions of Section 33 Environment Protection Act 1990 and Regulation 38(1) Environmental Permitting Act (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 arising from an investigation conducted by the Environment Agency which commenced in December 2014. John Veale of Kangs Solicitors reports upon the circumstances. The Circumstances | […]

It is frequently the case that the Motoring Offences Team at Kangs Solicitors encounters clients who have either forgotten or have never appreciated some basic driving requirements throughout those months when driving is frequently conducted in dark, misty, frosty, wet conditions or a combination of several of them. Car drivers should be aware of their […]

At the end of August 2019, Birmingham Crown Court ordered Confiscation Proceedings against the defendant, a shop owner, charged with offences under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, the Trade Marks Act 1994 and Fraud Act 2006.  Helen Holder of Kangs Solicitors reports the outcome. The Offences | Kangs Trading Standards Team The defendant […]

Aylesbury Crown Court has imposed a substantial fine upon a company (‘the company’) as the result of a number of its employees having suffered Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (‘HAVS’).       Amandeep Murria of Kangs Solicitors sets out the circumstances. The Circumstances | Kangs Solicitors Health and Safety Team The Health & Safety Executive conducted a […]

Can a confiscation order be re-opened after the date it was originally made? We examine the options available to the prosecution and also the steps that can be taken to safeguard the interests of those subject to a confiscation order. The Law Unless the amount found payable under a confiscation order is discharged in full, […]

Following a slow uptake, UK investigators and enforcement authorities are warming to the deployment of an Unexplained Wealth Order (“an UWO”) in the pursuit of the recovery of assets from anyone suspected of having benefited from their involvement in crime. Owners of substantial property portfolios, seemingly with particular regard to London, are in the firing […]