FTTTx INCOME TAX – Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 – whether qualifying condition met for NCA to carry out general Revenue functions in relation to Appellant – yes – discovery assessments under s 29 TMA 1970 – whether the conditions for such assessments met – yes – whether within time limits – yes – on … Continue reading Lynch v National Crime Agency: FTTTx 9 Dec 2014
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The Court heard an interim application to decide whether an appeal to the Supreme Court existed under the 2002 Act. A restraint order had been made as to the appellants assets. Held: The statutory provisions substituting the Supreme Court for the House of Lords had omitted to deal with the 2005 Order appeal provisions. Leave … Continue reading Stanford International Bank Ltd v Director of The Serious Fraud Office: SC 15 Feb 2012
The solicitors had been paid funds on account of their fees in defending the client. By the time a freezing order was made under the 2002 Act in respect of his assets, the firm’s fees exceeded the amount held. The court was asked what was to happen to the funds. The solicitors had not yet … Continue reading Irwin Mitchell v Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office and Allad: CACD 30 Jul 2008
The appellant appealed by case stated against an order for forfeiture of andpound;40,000 cash seized by the respondent on her entering the UK. The Crown Court, on appeal from the Magistrates Court, had found that that cash ‘may well have been’ the proceeds of money laundering or of income tax evasion, but it made no … Continue reading Angus v United Kingdom Border Agency: Admn 11 Mar 2011
The defendant appealed against a confiscation order after his conviction for obtaining a mortgage advance by fraud. Though he had obtained 450k, the house he had purchased had increased considerably in value. The original loan had been repaid in full on a remortgage. The judge had made an order for confiscation at the now substantally … Continue reading Waya, Regina v: CACD 25 Mar 2010
The defendants faced charges under the two Acts. They raised as a preliminary issue whether it is necessary for the Crown to prove that the property being converted was in fact the proceeds, in the case of the 1994 Act, of drug trafficking and, in the case of the 1988 Act, of crime. The Crown … Continue reading Regina v Montila and Others: HL 25 Nov 2004
Application for judicial review of three search and seizure warrants Judges: Lord Justice Fulford and Mr Justice Silber Citations: [2013] EWHC 4140 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 352 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Criminal Practice Updated: 09 May 2022; Ref: scu.519994
Davis LJ, Lang DBE, Patterson DBE JJ [2015] EWCA Crim 1731, [2016] 1 WLR 1400, [2016] 1 Cr App R (S) 41, [2016] Lloyd’s Rep FC 21, [2016] Crim LR 12, [2016] Crim LR 127 Bailii Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 England and Wales Criminal Sentencing Updated: 05 January 2022; Ref: scu.554245
Several defendants appealed against confiscation orders made against them on convictions for avoiding customs and excise duty by re-importing cigarettes originally intended for export. They had accepted the orders being made by consent, but now appealed saying that the consent had been given following inaccurate legal advice. Held: The appeals were allowed. The fact that … Continue reading Mackle, Regina v: SC 29 Jan 2014
Extension oh Human Rights Beyond Borders The appellants complained that the system set up by the respondent where Home Office officers were placed in Prague airport to pre-vet applicants for asylum from Romania were dsicriminatory in that substantially more gypsies were refused entry than others, and that it was contrary to the obligations of the … Continue reading Regina v Immigration Officer at Prague Airport and another, ex parte European Roma Rights Centre and others: HL 9 Dec 2004
The applicants had been imprisoned and held without trial, being suspected of international terrorism. No criminal charges were intended to be brought. They were foreigners and free to return home if they wished, but feared for their lives if they did. A British subject, who was suspected in the exact same way, and there were … Continue reading A v Secretary of State for the Home Department, and X v Secretary of State for the Home Department: HL 16 Dec 2004
The court was asked whether the Financial Services Authority had itself the power to prosecute offences under the 2002 Act. The defence said that the FSA’s powers were limited to offences under the 2000 Act. The FSA relied on its common law power to bring a prosecution. Held: the FSA was not a statutory body, … Continue reading Rollins, Regina v: CACD 9 Oct 2009
