Millington and Sutherland Williams on the proceeds of crime

Millington and Sutherland Williams on The Proceeds of Crime provides a definitive guide to all aspects of the law concerning the recovery of the proceeds of crime in England and Wales. It provides an easily navigable step-by-step approach that considers how the legislation is geared to ensuring that criminals do not benefit from their crimes financially, as well as detailed coverage of every stage of the confiscation process. This new edition has been fully updated to include all important legislative changes over the last three years, andcovers all significant case law, including discussion on the release of restrained funds to meet legal expenses following the decisions of the Court of Appeal in Briggs-Price v RCPO and the rights of innocent spouses in the matrimonial home in Gibson v RCPO. It also covers changes in regulation and enforcementincluding an examination of the future of civil recovery following the abolition of the Assets Recovery Agency and the transfer of its power to the SeriousOrganised Crime Agency. The new edition incorporates in-depth coverage of therelevant legislation, with analysis of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and reference to case law under both the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988. The new edition contains carefully selected appendices, including extracts from the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and draft restraint, receivership and civil recovery orders.

• ISBN: 978-0-19-956612-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 856
• Fecha Publicación: 28/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés