2 Bedford Row

Chambers enjoys an unrivalled reputation for its expertise in this important area.  Members have a vast amount of experience both prosecuting and defending such proceedings, for example:

• R. v. Sykes - The Cheney Pension Fraud
• R. v. Briggs-Price (in the Crown Court, Court of Appeal and the House of Lords (click here for transcript))
• Operation Stockade - multi-million pound confiscation order quashed when conviction quashed in the Court of Appeal
• R. v. Hackett

Members have lectured and written widely in this area.  Our experience includes expertise in the following areas:

• Criminal Lifestyle
• Determining Criminal Benefit
• Assessment of Recoverable Amounts
• Enforcement Proceedings
• Management Receivership Proceedings
• Enforcement Receiverhsip Proceedings
• The Determination of competing claims to property pursuant to the making of a Confiscation Order
• Identifying issues of Double Accounting
• Access to specialist forensic accountants when defending Confiscation Proceedings