Home / Corporate Crime / Proceeds of crime / Restraint and confiscation

Legal News

Serious Crime Act 2015—an overview

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis

Published on: 24 March 2015

Published by a LexisNexis Corporate Crime expert

Table of contents

Original news
What are the key changes that will arise as a result of the coming into force of SCA 2015?
Are there concerns about any of the provisions?
Should lawyers be taking any action now SCA 2015 has received Royal Assent?
With the general election coming, are there concerns aspects of this legislation could be changed by a different incoming government?
How does SCA 2015 fit in with other legal developments/regulatory changes?
Do you have any predictions for future related developments?

Article summary

Corporate Crime analysis: What do the provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (SCA 2015) tell us about the development of the regulatory environment in the UK? Daniel Hudson, partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, explores the key provisions of SCA 2015.

Popular documents

Seizure and forfeiture of monies held in bank accounts under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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

Restraint orders

Restraint ordersWhat is a restraint order?A restraint order is a preventive measure imposed in support of any confiscation order that may be or has been made. It is an instrument of statute, provided for in section 40 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002).POCA 2002, s 40 (in providing for

Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companies

Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some