Confiscation Under POCA 2002

Tom Nicholson

Barrister

2 Harcourt Buildings

 

In this seminar we discuss

 

• Bases of plea

• Key Ingredients Section 17 Response

• Assumptions in Section 10

• Drugs valuations

• Unexplained Cash

• Third party

 

• Guilty plea

• Minimise confiscation

• Non schedule 2 offence

• Drugs

• Trafficking

• Avoid lifestyle provisions

• TICs

 

• Concessions

• Lunan 2005

• Evidence

• Property

• Proceeds of sale

• Beneficial interest

 

• Comments on statements

• Defence litigation strategy

• Key ingredients for response

 

Eight Tips

• Proportionality A1P1

• Consistency with the evidence

• Hearsay-Silcock 2004

• Witness statement for Defendant

• Burden of proof

• Supporting material /production order

• Disclosure

• Criminal lifestyle provisions

 

Drugs valuations

• Defendant's role

• Courier or custodian benefit

• Evidence of property obtained

• Wholesale v retail

• Islam 2009

• El Sayed 2014

 

Unexplained Wealth

• HMRC records

• Section 17 statement

• Supporting evidence

• Legitimate source

• Gifts

 

Double Counting

 

Third Party Interests

• Section 10a POCA

• Equitable property ownership

• Responses

• s18a POCA

• Stack v Dowden

 

You can contact Tom Nicholson via his clerks

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