The Weekly Law Reports
[2008] 2 WLR 1131
House of Lords
Regina
v
May
[2008] UKHL 28
2008 March 10,
11;
May 14
May 14
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers CJ, Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Carswell and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
Crime— Sentence— Confiscation order— Defendants using companies in their joint control dishonestly to retain and reclaim VAT— Confiscation orders made following conviction— Each order in sum representing whole amount dishonestly obtained by companies— Whether each defendant benefiting to whole amount— Whether amount to be apportioned between defendants— Whether order in whole amount arbitrary interference with Convention rights to enjoyment of possessions or to liberty—
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c 33) (as amended by Proceeds of Crime Act 1995 (c 11), s 1(1)(2)(3)), s 71(1A)(1B)(4)(6)
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 5, Pt II, art 1