Proceeds of Crime

25 November 2010

Issue: 7323 / Categories: Case law , Law digest

Crown Prosecution Service v Jennings [2008] UKHL 29, [2008] All ER (D) 177 (May)

A person's acts may contribute significantly to property being obtained without his obtaining it.

Orders for the confiscation criminal assets, or orders restraining the disposal of property pending the hearing of a confiscation order, may be made in respect of property which the person has actually obtained, not property he has merely helped others obtain.

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Proceeds of Crime

MOVERS & SHAKERS

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