Smith, Owen and Bodnar on Asset Recovery, Criminal Confiscation, and Civil Recovery

ISBN 10: 019929898X ISBN 13: 9780199298983

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2007

This definitive work, previously published by LNUK, is now available in looseleaf format with regular updates (approximately two per year). It covers the expanding law and practice of Asset Recovery in the domestic, European, and international spheres, and is designed for practitioners involved in investigations and legal proceedings for the recovery of the proceeds of crime (including terrorism). The work covers the three areas of recovery instigated by law enforcement agencies: (1) criminal confiscation in the criminal courts; (2) civil recovery in the civil courts; and (3) taxation by administrative proceedings and on appeal to the courts. The work also contains a part dealing with money laundering and terrorist financing offences and regulation and compensation, restitution and forfeiture procedures and orders in the criminal courts.

This new edition has been updated to cover all recent developments in recovery of the proceeds of crime, and, since Asset Recovery law itself is a complex blend of civil and criminal law, all recent developments in property, trust, insolvency, and taxation law. The new edition has also been expanded to provide; increased procedural guidance (with checklists and precedents); extended comparative coverage; and enhanced commentary on enforcement issues in the Magistrates' Court.

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About the Author

From 1995 Ian Smith was a solicitor advocate in the Business Crime Group at Irwin Mitchell, before being called to the bar in 2003. He is now based at 33 Chancery Lane and specialises in civil fraud litigation, financial advice and financial products liability, asset recovery and anti-money laundering law.

Tim Owen QC (called 1983, Silk 2000) based at Matrix Chambers, is a leading name in the field of confiscation, assets recovery, and human rights. He is also an established author, whose numerous publications include; Prison Law, co-authored with Stephen Livingstone (third edition published by OUP March 2003), and the forthcoming Blackstone's Guide to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (OUP).

Andrew Bodnar (called 1995) is based at Matrix Chambers and has a specialist practice in civil asset forfeiture and criminal confiscation, including all aspects of restraint orders and enforcement proceedings.

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