Articles from Lawyers
Below you will find useful articles written by experts in law and blog entries from recent Kang & Co Solicitors events
What is Careless Driving?
One of the most common road traffic offences is driving without due care and attention contrary to section 3 of the Road Traffic Act (“RTA”) 1988. The offence is often referred to simply as “careless driving” and applies where driving takes place on a road or other...
What is a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP)?
If you have recently received a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP), you may be wondering what it is and what it means. In this article, we shall briefly answer some of the most common questions that arise when a person is faced with a Notice of Intended...
A Day in the Life of Director & Solicitor Manjinder Kang
Leading Legal Recruiters BCL Legal this week featured our director Manjinder Kang in their latest series of "Day in the Life" features. In the article our director describes the average day in the life running the law firm, being a solicitor and raising a family....
2022 Charity Partner: Birmingham Mind
Kang & Co Solicitors are pleased to announce that our 2022 charity partner will be the wonderful Birmingham Mind, the largest mental health charity in the region, supporting people suffering with mental health problems in Birmingham and beyond. The charity has...
New Highway Code Changes Prioritising Pedestrians Go Live
New punishments for drivers using mobile devices and a series of new changes to the highway code have recently gone live in England, Scotland and Wales. In this article we will tell you all you need to know about the latest batch of changes to the Highway Code....
Drink Driving Sentencing Guidelines
In this article we shall delve into the fairly common driving offence of Drink Driving and explain the offence and the sentencing powers in place for the the offence. Kang & Co Solicitors are specialists in motoring law and regularly advice and / or represent...
Drink Driving Defences and Special Reasons Arguments
This article will focus on the offence of drink driving, together with the argument of special reasons. At Kang & Co Solicitors, we have vast experience in the of Drink Driving Defences and can assist you when facing such a charge.The Offence of Drink Driving The...
Exceptional Hardship Applications: What they are & when to use them
This article will explore Exceptional Hardship Applications and explain what they are and when they can / should be used. We will also show an example from one of our previous cases of a Exceptional Hardship Application in use to successfully avoid a driving ban. What...
Driving with Mobile Phone Law Changes to Arrive
In late 2020 we first reported the proposal of new laws around driving with a mobile phones that would end a dangerous loophole in the law on mobile phone use whilst driving. The adjustments to mobile phone whilst driving laws look set to become active in March in the...
10 Drinking Misconceptions: Why none for the road is always the safest option
From I was only sitting in the car to I didn’t realise how much alcohol was in my cocktail an expert motoring lawyer sheds light on the reasons why people unexpectantly find themselves convicted of drink driving. Every year around 55,000 people in England and Wales...