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October 29, 2025

Released under investigation is new.  In the past  the police would either charge the suspect or release them on bail to return to the station at a later date.  That all changed in 2013 when a radio music personality was caught up in  Operation Yewtree.  Although entirely innocent of any offence they were released on […]

June 18, 2025

Received a Court Summons? Here’s What You Need to Know If you’ve received a court summons, you are being formally notified that you must attend a hearing. This is a serious legal matter, and it’s vital that you take immediate action.   What Is a Court Summons? A court summons is a written notice that […]

June 18, 2025

What Is a Postal Requisition? Everything You Need to Know If you’ve received a letter asking you to attend court, it may be a postal requisition. This is a formal charge and must not be ignored. Here’s what it means, what to do next, and how Moss & Co Solicitors can help.   What Is […]

March 25, 2025

Introduction Being convicted of a crime can be overwhelming, but it is important to remember that a conviction or sentence is not necessarily final. In the UK, you have the right to appeal a criminal conviction or sentence if you believe there has been a miscarriage of justice or if your sentence is too harsh. […]

October 31, 2024

Is subletting the real cause of the  housing crisis? Narinder Moss has represented the social housing tenants of Hackney for over 35 years. She has dealt with every type of housing case – rent arrears, anti-social behaviour, disrepair, subletting. Subletting is now our main enquiry. Why? Subletting is a criminal offence The Prevention of Social […]

November 28, 2019

Unlawful Subletting Profit Order for £100,974.94 The news that a defendant was ordered to pay Westminster City Council £100,974.94 has attracted attention from the BBC and national newspapers. However, almost all the reporting described the penalty as “a fine”. This is a fundamental misunderstanding of what happened. The order was for repayment of unlawfully obtained profits […]

December 12, 2018

Landlord not guilty of any offence in Houses in Multiple Occupation prosecution Our landlord  client was being prosecuted by summons for various offences under the Houses in Multiple Occupation Regulations.  They had let a two-bedroom flat to a couple who had in turn, without the landlord’s knowledge, sublet to up to 12 people. The matter was […]

December 11, 2018

The Criminal Legal Aid basic fee for dealing with this high value fraud is £103.18 This is no joke. Last week we were asked to accept a transfer of legal aid in a  fraud case valued in the region of one million pounds. The client could no longer get on with his solicitor and wanted […]

November 8, 2018

Moss & Co 25 this year. I thought would take this opportunity to have look at the history of Moss & Co since Narinder and I established it in 1993.  I believe it is a very special if not unique law firm. This account may be of interest to committed, dynamic young (or not so […]

December 12, 2017

Benefit Fraud why you may be better off instructing your benefit fraud solicitor privately.  There are more and more benefit fraud prosecutions. As a result more and more people need the services of an expert benefit fraud solicitor. This is a result of two things. Firstly, the austerity measures brought in by the government. Secondly […]

November 7, 2017

Nitrous Oxide is a drug if you possess it with intent to use it ‘Laughing gas’ one of many psychoactive drugs  is back in the news. It is more properly known as Nitrous Oxide or in street slang “NOS”. This follows a Court of Appeal ruling that the substance is controlled by the Psychoactive Substances […]

October 24, 2017

Early days We first opened our criminal law solicitors practice in Clapton Square Hackney on 3rd January 1993. The office was a rundown Georgian Building, leaking at the seams which I, for want of ready cash, had tried to repair in an entirely amateur and ineffective way. Before we moved in it had been a […]

October 24, 2017

Criminal cases in the era of the body-cam Police forces across England and Wales are preparing for a rollout of ‘Body-worn Cameras’. The government has announced that prison officers will also have this new technology. Evidence in criminal cases will in future often include footage from body-cams. What are Body-worn Cameras (body-cams)? Body-cams are small recording […]

October 20, 2017

Should I pay privately or get legal aid? One of the most stressful things in life is to be accused of crime or even invited for an interview under caution. For many people the loss of reputation and career opportunities are as bad as any potential penalty.  Our Private Client Crime department we provide a […]

February 28, 2017

A Benefit Fraud investigation – the 5 steps There are 5 distinct phases to  Benefit Fraud and Tax Credit Fraud investigations. Because we conduct hundreds of cases we have become highly  experienced and successful Benefit Fraud solicitors. This means we always take the right steps to ensure the best outcome. The result is that in many […]

September 22, 2016

Tenancy Fraud There has been a recent drive to tackle tenancy fraud and to recover secure tenancies and assured tenancies (those social tenancies managed by Housing Associations). We have seen an increasing number of interviews under caution (formal interviews as part of a criminal investigation) being carried out in relation to alleged tenancy fraud. Understanding […]

February 24, 2015

Defending Social Housing Fraud cases The Social Housing Fraud Act became law in 2013.  We were expecting a wave of possession claims, prosecutions and applications for confiscation of profits. What was expected to be a flood turned out to be a trickle – until now. In the last few weeks we have noticed a sharp […]

October 24, 2013

Housing fraud  act may make criminals out of sub-tenants The government claim that as of 2012 there were some 100,000 Council and Housing Association properties that were unlawfully sublet. There is an acute housing shortage. Many tenants may have been pushed into accommodation which, because of the new law,  could lead to criminal  charges. The […]

September 5, 2013

Benefit fraud, appears to be the flavour of the month for the UK’s tabloid press. It would appear the media are fed story-after-story by Government spin doctors seeking to justify far-reaching cuts to the Welfare Budget. Extra resources have been committed to fraud investigators. The inevitable outcome is undoubtedly a large rise in the number […]