Customs and Excise Comrs v A

Subject Matter

CRIME — Drugs — Confiscation order — Defendant's wife applying for transfer of matrimonial home in ancillary relief proceedings — Confiscation order made against defendant — Receiver appointed over defendant's property — Whether receiver to be directed to realise defendant's interest in house — Whether confiscation order proceedings having precedence over ancillary relief proceedings — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 24 — Drug Trafficking Act 1994, s 31

[2003] Fam 55; [2003] 2 WLR 210

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Transfer of property — Wife applying for transfer of matrimonial home — Confiscation order made against husband in criminal proceedings — Receiver appointed over husband's property — Whether house to be transferred to wife — Whether confiscation order proceedings having precedence over ancillary relief proceedings — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, ss 24, 25 (as substituted by Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 3) — Drug Trafficking Act 1994, s 31

[2003] Fam 55; [2003] 2 WLR 210

PRACTICE — Judgment — Length of judgment — Guidance to judges

[2003] Fam 55; [2003] 2 WLR 210

Appellate History

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Making of Confiscation Order - Stage Four — Determination of the Available Amount - Third-party Interests E19.58