Training & Knowledge: October 2014

21st Oct 2014Blog

Confiscation orders: A lesson for prosecutors

A recent judgment of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division reaffirmed the limits of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘the Act’) in cases where confiscation proceedings are brought against defendants who have previously been the subject of a confiscation order. The respondents in R v Chahal [2014] 2 Cr. App. R. (S.) 35 had, […]