Master asset recovery with expert insights tailored to combatting illegal gains. Equip your practice with cutting-edge strategies, from identifying and freezing illicit proceeds to navigating the intricate legal frameworks involved in their confiscation. Stay ahead with practical guidance designed to enhance your proficiency in tackling financial crime, ensuring you are adept at protecting the integrity of the financial system. Discover the essential tools and nuanced methodologies critical for success in proceedings related to the proceeds of crime.
HMRC has improved its Report Tax Fraud service on GOV.UK enabling easier public reporting of suspected tax fraud and money laundering by high street...
The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has published a Guide to the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2026, SI 2026/721. The Guide...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Paul Taylor, former chief executive and executive director of Blue Horizon Asset Management Ltd...
This week's edition of Corporate Crime weekly highlights includes analysis of the Court of Appeal's reversal of an abuse of process stay following a...
Common assault and batteryThe offences of common assault and batteryTechnically, the offences of assault and battery are separate summary offences. An...
AffrayAffray is an offence created by the Public Order Act 1986 (POA 1986). It can be tried in either the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. The...
Self defenceSelf defenceSelf defence is an absolute defence based on the evidence which can apply in crimes committed by force. Section 76 of the...
Assault occasioning actual bodily harmThe offence of actual bodily harmThe offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) can be tried in...
Production orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Production ordersThe purpose of a production order is to obtain material relating to a known person or business, such as bank statements and correspondence. The order requires the person specified to either hand over the material contained in the
Seizure and forfeiture of monies held in bank accounts under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Background—the creation of the powersChapter 3B, Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002), entitled the ‘Forfeiture of money held in bank and building society accounts’, provides the procedure for
Variation or discharge of a restraint orderApplication to discharge a restraint orderAny person affected by a restraint order, as well as the person who applied for it, may apply for its discharge. This includes defendants, associated and third parties, and receivers. The suspect or defendant may,
Civil recovery orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Civil recovery of property, which represents criminal property derived from unlawful conductCivil recovery is the name given to the powers under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002) to freeze and obtain an order for recovery
0330 161 1234