We examine what might be the biggest change to corporate criminal law in a century as the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (referred to as "the Bill") approaches the end of its course through the UK Parliament.
We examine what might be the biggest change to corporate criminal law in a century as the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (referred to as "the Bill") approaches the end of its course through the UK Parliament.
Typically, confiscation orders, as set out in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), are issued to recoup the fruits of a so-called ‘criminal lifestyle’ and locate substantial hidden assets. But this was turned on its head in the case of Jon Andrewes when The Supreme Court overturned a Court of Appeal decision that he should not receive a confiscation order.
Last year the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of 59 innocent subpostmasters who had wrongfully been found to have stolen money from the Post Office. Hundreds more are waiting for their own convictions to be overturned. Many have been bankrupted, lost their homes and have been treated as pariahs in their local communities. Some have even spent time in prison.
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15 August 2023
We examine what might be the biggest change to corporate criminal law in a century as the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (referred to as "the Bill") approaches the end of its course through the UK Parliament.There are provisions in th.