LCCN2023-934600
ReviewsThis authoritative book on the law relating to recovering proceeds is now in its sixth edition. It covers topics such as restraint orders and confiscation hearings, civil recovery and appeals...The volume is a considerable work of scholarship and is relevant to all criminal lawyers., "This authoritative book on the law relating to recovering proceeds is now in its sixth edition. It covers topics such as restraint orders and confiscation hearings, civil recovery and appeals...The volume is a considerable work of scholarship and is relevant to all criminal lawyers." -- David Pickup, Law Society Gazette
Table Of Content1. Setting the Scene2. Investigations3. Restraint Orders4. Management Receivers5. Practice and Procedure in Crown Court Restraint and Management Receivership Cases6. Applications to Vary and Discharge Restraint Orders7. Ancillary Orders8. Enforcement of Restraint and Receivership Orders - Contempt of Court9. Confiscation Preliminary Matters10. The Confiscation Hearing11. Reconsideration of Confiscation Orders12. Enforcement of Confiscation Orders13. The Insolvent Defendant14. Civil Recovery: Property Freezing Orders, Receivers, Unexplained Wealth Orders, Interim Freezing Orders, and Legal Expenses15. Civil Recovery: Recovery Orders, the ECHR, and Pensions16. Civil Recovery and Taxation17. Civil Forfeiture: The Seizure and Recovery of Cash and other Assets18. Third Parties19. Appeals20. The International Element21. Money Laundering22. Disclosure of Suspicious Transactions23. Costs, Funding Issues, and Compensation24. Terrorism and the Proceeds of Crime25. Bribery and Corruption26. SanctionsAppendices
SynopsisMillington and Sutherland Williams on the Proceeds of Crime offers an extensive, authorative examination of proceeds of crime and confiscation legislation. 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., The proceeds of crime field continues to be one of the fastest moving areas of the law within the criminal justice system. New cases are reported on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis as well as frequently in the major law reports. Millington and Sutherland Williams on the Proceeds of Crime offers an extensive, authorative examination of proceeds of crime and confiscation legislation. 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. The newest edition has been fully updated to include all important legislative changes since the publication of the fifth edition. A chapter dedicated to sanctions has been added, the impact of crypto currencies is examined, analysis is provided of Law Commission reports on Supicious Activity Reports and the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), and there is a new chapter focusing on part six of POCA. Previous editions have been recognised by governments, both national and international, for their focus on the importance of asset recovery as a vital weapon in the fight against organised crime and corruption. Millington and Sutherland Williams on The Proceeds of Crime is used in the Academy of European Law (ERA) as well as the libraries of the Chief Justices of Jamaica, Barbados, and Papua New Guinea. The book serves as an international guide, assisting barristers, solicitors, practitioners, and academics in navigating this often-complex area of the law., The proceeds of crime field continues to be one of the fastest moving areas of the law within the criminal justice system. New cases are reported on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis as well as frequently in the major law reports. Millington and Sutherland Williams on the Proceeds of Crime offers an extensive, authorative examination of proceeds of crime and confiscation legislation. 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.The newest edition has been fully updated to include all important legislative changes since the publication of the fifth edition. A chapter dedicated to sanctions has been added, the impact of crypto currencies is examined, analysis is provided of Law Commission reports on Supicious Activity Reports and the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), and there is a new chapter focusing on part six of POCA.Previous editions have been recognised by governments, both national and international, for their focus on the importance of asset recovery as a vital weapon in the fight against organised crime and corruption. Millington and Sutherland Williams on The Proceeds of Crime is used in the Academy of European Law (ERA) as well as the libraries of the Chief Justices of Jamaica, Barbados, and Papua New Guinea. The book serves as an international guide, assisting barristers, solicitors, practitioners, and academics in navigating this often-complex area of the law.