The financial year 2018/19 saw a record £51 million collected through cash forfeiture under chapter 3 of Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘POCA’). Those who consider...
This week’s edition considers seven judgments; two of the Supreme Court, one of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) and four of the High Court. In Routier and another v Commissioners...
This week’s Digest considers four judgments from the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). In R v Cheeseman the court considered whether the householder defence was available to a soldier who...
What action has been taken since the launch of the UK anti-corruption strategy in 2017? Simon Ray discusses the ‘year one update’ reviewing progress so far and considers what developments...
This week’s Digest considers three judgments from the High Court. The first of these considers a challenge to the first Unexplained Wealth Order made under s.362A(1) of the Proceeds of...
In SFO v Saleh, the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the SFO in an appeal against a property freezing order for £4.4 million. This case illustrates the willingness and...
Алты́нного во́ра ве́шают, а полти́нного че́ствуют - Laws catch flies but let hornets go free (Russian Proverb) ‘Unexplained Wealth Orders’ (‘UWOs’) came into force on 31 January 2018[1]. UWOs are designed as...
In this second of two posts on the seizure and conversion of cryptocurrency as addressed in the case of R v Teresko (Sergejs) (Kingston Crown Court: HHJ Lodder QC, 11...
Since the events that unfolded in Salisbury last week, there have been calls to introduce into UK law a version of the so-called "Magnitsky Act" that was enacted in the...
Section 1 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 added a new investigative tool to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (sections 362A to 362I)(“the Act”). The new measure, known as...