Ceredigion salmon poacher pays just £1 of £61,000 ordered by court – BBC News
‘The leader of a poaching gang ordered to pay more than £61,000 has paid back just £1 after saying he had no money.’
BBC news, 9th July 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: confiscation
Director of Public Prosecutions highlights how more money could be returned to victims of crime – Crown Prosecution Service
‘The Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, has today supported the review into legislation to ensure more money can be returned to victims of crime.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 23rd June 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Landlord ordered to pay £230k over flats that were below minimum size standards and not in compliance with planning permission – Local Government Lawyer
‘A landlord in London who “illegally squashed” seven flats into a development that only had planning permission for six, has been ordered to pay £230,000 under a confiscation order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th May 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Case Comment: Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd [2021] UKSC 49 – UKSC Blog
‘In this post, Amy Wilkinson, a senior associate in CMS’ financial crime team, comments on the decision of the UK Supreme Court in Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd [2021] UKSC 49. On 3 November 2021, the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal and ruled in favour of Aquila Advisory Ltd. The decision concerns attribution of directors’ criminal actions and who should have priority over assets derived from their criminal schemes.’
UKSC Blog, 4th May 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
Police and Gambling Commission secure £140k confiscation order against defendant over illegal lotteries – Local Government Lawyer
‘A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing has seen almost £140,000 confiscated from a man who ran illegal lotteries from Middlesbrough.’
Local Government Lawyer, April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Enacting ECHR compliant measures to confiscate property: imposing sanctions on Russian oligarchs for the invasion of Ukraine – Property Law Blog
‘In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there have been widespread calls to expand the sanctions imposed on Russian oligarchs linked to President Vladmir Putin. According to reporting by the Financial Times, civil servants are currently “examining very carefully” what powers are needed to “swiftly acquire specific land and property owned by a sanctioned person, without the need to pay them compensation.”’
Property Law Blog, 11th March 2022
Source: www.law.ox.ac.uk
Council prosecution sees homeowner ordered to pay £40k+ for unauthorised extension – Local Government Lawyer
‘A homeowner who built a side and rear extension without planning permission, was refused planning permission, and then failed to demolish the extension which was being rented out as an independent self-contained unit has been ordered to pay more than £40,000 by way of a fine, costs and a confiscation order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st March 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Convicted people-smugglers ordered to pay over £30,000 in confiscation orders – Crown Prosecution Service
‘Four convicted people smugglers, who assisted in the unlawful immigration of 39 people from Vietnam who died in the back of a lorry in Essex, have been ordered to pay £31,493.47 in confiscation orders.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 3rd March 2022
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Private landlord ordered to pay £65k after breaching planning enforcement notice over unlawful HMO – Local Government Lawyer
‘A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £64,000 for breaching a planning enforcement notice served on a property in Barking being used illegally as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Confiscation and enforcement notices: the roll-back from Panayi – Carmelite Chambers
‘Richard Furlong considers the Court of Appeal decision in Barnet v Kamyab, and the prospect of Edis LJ conducting a fact-finding confiscation hearing. An interesting issue arises as to the first-instance defendant’s right of appeal from that exercise.’
Carmelite Chambers, 6th June 2021
Source: www.carmelitechambers.co.uk
Court of Appeal allows appeal by council over £270 confiscation order for unlawful flats conversion when it claimed for more than £455,000 – Local Government Lawyer
‘The London Borough of Barnet has won an appeal after the Crown Court imposed a confiscation order of £270 when the council had contended for more than £455,000.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th April 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Police officers ‘took seized Bentley on Cheshunt drive’ – BBC News
‘Three Hertfordshire police officers who sped on a dual carriageway in a luxury car seized from its driver have been given a final written warning after being found guilty of gross misconduct.’
BBC News, 18th April 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Freezing and confiscation under the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – 5SAH
‘This contribution presents a critical and practical analysis of the changes the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement brings to the recognition and enforcement of freezing and confiscation orders. It provides an overview of how this area of law may develop in the future post-Brexit.’
5SAH, 8th March 2021
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
Judge orders defendant to pay back £90,000 after Right to Buy fraud – Local Government Lawyer
‘A defendant who admitted fraud under the Right to Buy scheme has been ordered to pay back more than £90,000.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th March 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Partners and Confiscation – Carmelite Chambers
‘Data from 2019 suggests that 26% of prosecutions brought against women, of which only 10% are for indictable offences. The same data indicates that women account for just 5% of the prison population.’
Carmelite Chambers, March 2021
Source: www.carmelitechambers.co.uk
Partners and Confiscation – Carmelite Chambers
‘Richard Furlong and Alexandra Scott provide a brief guide to defending wives and partners in confiscation proceedings.’
Carmelite Chambers, 10th March 2021
Source: www.carmelitechambers.co.uk
Landlord ordered to pay nearly £200,000 after unlawfully turning property into 13 flats – Local Government Lawyer
‘A landlord who turned a property in Walthamstow into 13 flats has been ordered to pay nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and a confiscation order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th March 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Rogue landlord told to pay back £739,000 over illegal London housing – The Guardian
‘A rogue landlord who operated illegal rooming houses in London has been told to pay back £739,000 in illicit earnings or face jail, in one of the biggest confiscation orders of its kind, the council that investigated the case has said.’
The Guardian, 28th February 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
Confiscation & honouring the unchallenged basis of plea in R v Mohammed Zia Munir: Francesca Levitt examines for Lexis Nexis – 5SAH
‘The appellant was sentenced on an unchallenged, written basis of plea to the effect that he was a mere custodian of drugs on behalf of another. In these circumstances the court was bound to apply the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002) consistently with the facts of the basis of plea. On his basis, the appellant could not be said to have received the drugs for his own benefit and therefore he did not obtain property within the meaning of POCA 2002, s 76(4).’
5SAH, 11th February 2021
Source: www.5sah.co.uk
