Category Archives: Crime

Two types of subletting fraud

September 12, 2024

Moss & Co.’s  criminal and housing law skills benefit clients in two distinct types of subletting cases. An old saying goes: The proof of the pudding is in the eating. If you are facing an allegation of unlawful subletting under The  Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013,  we suggest you dine with us. In […]


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Tenancy succession and an interview under caution

September 5, 2024

We specialise in defending clients accused of all types of housing fraud. This case shows how important it is have knowledgeable and skilful legal representation when asked to attend an interview under caution. The facts Our client’s grandmother  was the   tenant of an East London council flat for over 30 years. She became frail and […]


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No case to answer – where defendant had knife on shared balcony.

November 18, 2023

Background A shared balcony is not a public place. Or so we argued. The surest way to win a case is to have the case dismissed before it reaches a jury. One way to achieve this is to carefully consider whether the prosecution can prove all the elements of their case,  and if not, submit […]


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Protest law

November 8, 2023

Protest and Survive Moss & Co has extensive experience of representing protesters. From the Stop the City protests of the 1990s to animal rights cases and protests outside arms fairs. We have always sought to uphold principles of free speech and the right to protest.  We have argued that acts of protest, which would otherwise […]


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Not Guilty  Verdict in County Lines Cocaine and Heroin Conspiracy.  

November 7, 2023

THE  DRUGS CASE This case is about a sophisticated high value  conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine. Our client was alleged to be involved in a ‘county lines’ operation to sell these class A drugs. There were five defendants. The prosecution said our client played a leading role. They claimed he was  the main […]


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Prevention of Social Housing Fraud case was in the civil court

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 […]


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There are new time limits on police bail before charge

December 14, 2018

Under the  Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022  police can now give suspects bail for up to 3 months. Where this is insufficient then an  officer whose rank is inspector or above can extend it to six months. But that is not the end of it,  for if there is still more evidence gathering […]


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Landlord not guilty of HMO offences after

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 […]


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