Articles
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| Recent confiscation case law | A review of some important confiscation appeal judgments in the House of Lords and Court of Appeal in the past 12 months and their implications (June 2010) - including the cases of Whittington, Briggs-Price, Waya, White, Neish, Iqbal, Basso and Perinpanathan. | 16/06/2010 |
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| Fraud Sentences | An introduction to the new mandatory sentencing guideline for statutory fraud offences published by the Sentencing Guidelines Council | 19/11/2009 |
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| Recent developments in confiscation | A review of some important confiscation appeal judgments in the House of Lords and Court of Appeal in the past 12 months and their implications (February 2009) - revised October 2009 re R v Islam (value of seized drugs) | 18/10/2009 |
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| Benefit fraud | A brief commentary on the use of a forensic accountant in benefit fraud cases and some key points and case law under sections 111A and 112 Social Security Administration Act 1992 | 24/09/2009 |
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| Confiscation contrasts | An outline of the differences between England & Wales and Scotland in the prosecutor's approach to benefit computations in criminal lifestyle confiscation cases | 29/10/2008 |
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| Finding and using a forensic accountant | How should a solicitor set about finding and using a forensic accountant? | 11/10/2007 |
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| A roundup of recent developments | A brief roundup of recent developments - and an indication of some expected future developments - in relation to financial crime, money laundering and proceeds of crime (July 2006). | 30/07/2006 |
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| Reporting to SOCA | You are your firm's Money Laundering Reporting Officer. You have received a report from a member of staff and have decided to report the matter to SOCA. How do you do it? | 16/06/2006 |
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| Reasonable grounds | The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 requires a person engaged in an activity in the UK which falls within the regulated sector to make a report whenever, based on information or other matter which comes to him in the course of relevant business, 'he knows or suspects, or has reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting, that another person is engaged in money laundering'. But what are 'reasonable grounds'? | 16/06/2006 |
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| Money laundering, tax evasion and accountants | The Money Laundering Regulations 2003 have been in force for more than 2 years in the UK and the identification of new clients has become just another routine part of an accountant's life. But the full impact of the requirements has not yet filtered through in many accountancy firms. So what is reportable and what is not? | 16/06/2006 |
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| Money laundering made simple | Don't panic - David Winch says that a lawyer's money laundering obligations are quite straightforward, really | 16/06/2006 |
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| Money laundering law changes | Changes to the law relating to money laundering and reporting of suspicions have now been introduced. The changes involve some amendment to virtually every section of Part 7, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (sections 327 - 340) which has caused so much consternation to the financial and legal sectors. | 16/06/2006 |
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| Money laundering and tax returns | David Winch answers 25 questions on money laundering issues relating to self assessment income tax returns. | 16/06/2006 |
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| Confiscation and criminal lifestyle | Increasingly courts are hearing cases concerning confiscation of assets of a defendant following his conviction, in which the defendant is said to have a 'criminal lifestyle'. In such cases how does confiscation operate in practice? | 16/06/2006 |
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