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Categories:
Crime
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Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority / ILEX:
Listen and pass the quiz: Gain 1 CPD point (60 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)

Regulated by the Bar Standards Board:
Listen and pass the quiz: Gain ½ an accredited CPD point (30 minutes)
Listen only, gain ½ a CPD point (30 minutes)

Cost:
Standard rate: £45+VAT - Corporate users will pay less.
Length:
30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute online quiz)
Plays on Computer:
Yes Downloadable as MP3:    Yes
Contributor(s):
Course Aims:

This podcast is aimed at practitioners of all levels to give a detailed overview of the law of confiscation orders. The podcast considers the decisions of the House of Lords in the major cases of R v May, R v Green and R v Jennings, and how they have affected the law as it stands today.

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • Have received an overview of the facts of the major cases of R v May, R v Green and R v Jennings;
  • Understand the concepts of apportionment and multiple recovery, and what the state of the law is today;
  • Have learnt the major legal principles coming from these cases and how they are interpreted today.
Level:
Intermediate Difficulty: 3 of 5
Sources and References:
  • Drug Trafficking Act 1994;
  • Criminal Justice Act 1988;
  • Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;
  • R v May 2008 UKHL28;
  • R v Green 2008 UKHL 30;
  • R v Jenning 2008 UKHL 29;
  • R v Porter [1990] 1 W.L.R. 1260.

In this podcast, Ivan Pearce and Simon Taylor, barristers at Furnival Chambers, on the changes in the law regarding confiscation orders since the House of Lords decision in the case of R v May.

The podcast provides a detailed examination of three major cases in this area, R v May, R v Green, R v Jennings: the facts and legal principles in these cases are considered in detail, and the effect they have had on confiscation orders.

Podcast Added: 1/7/2007

This course has now been removed from the site. It is no longer suitable for CPD purposes as it contains information that is out of date or incorrect. For a list of our latest CPDcasts, please visit the library.

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