News: Restraint, Confiscation & Civil Recovery

Supreme Court Judgment handed down in R v Andrewes

Jonathan Ashley-Norman KC appeared on behalf of the Respondent before the Supreme Court on Wednesday 22 June in the...

18th August 2022

£40 million confiscation case continues

Livio Mazzarello’s confiscation case was listed this week at the Central Criminal Court, and has now been adjourned to...

10th August 2022

Jonathan Ashley-Norman QC appears in the Supreme Court

Jonathan Ashley-Norman QC appeared on behalf of the Respondent before the Supreme Court on Wednesday 22 June in the...

23rd June 2022

National Crime Agency v Suleyman Javadov and Izzat Khanim Javadova – Westminster Magistrates’ Court

The National Crime Agency (NCA) has settled its application for forfeiture under s303Z14 of POCA against Mr Javadov and Mrs...

6th July 2021

The Metropolitan Police seize record £114m worth of Cryptocurrency

The Metropolitan Police have confiscated £114m in Cryptocurrency as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation. This...

6th July 2021

£7M+ Confiscation ordered against former company executives

Former company executives of Saunders Electrical Wholesalers Ltd (SEWL) have been ordered to pay back over £7M of criminal...

18th September 2019

Supreme Court Judgment – Guraj

Judgment was handed down by the Supreme Court today in the case of R v Guraj. The case concerned the procedure for postponing...

14th December 2016

Environment Agency’s confiscation case collapses

Following a hearing lasting several days at Hereford Crown Court, the Environment Agency withdrew one of the largest...

23rd February 2016

Flash crash trader freed on bail

A UK trader accused of contributing to the 2010 US "flash crash" has been freed on bail after his conditions were changed. ...

14th August 2015

Nicholas Levene confiscation

A nominal confiscation order of £1 was made against Ponzi Scheme fraudster Nicholas Levene. Despite the Court finding that...

25th March 2013