Ashcotts Criminal Solicitors Manchester achieved a remarkable result in Confiscation Order proceedings before the Burnley Crown Court.
The police had been seeking a confiscation order against our client alleging a benefit figure of £178,000. Further they were seeking to argue a realisable amount figure of £98,000 which would have meant our client would have ben forced to sell 2 houses attributable to her.
From the outset following receipt of the Police case many months ago Ashcott Criminal Solicitors raised a number of complex legal arguments based on recent court of appeal caselaw that can be used to provide relief to targets of confication order proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ( POCA ).
During the course of these confiscation order proceedings Ashcott criminal solicitors utilised expert forensic accountants namely Forths Accounting Leeds. Their report together with the legal arguments demonstrated that the Police case was little more than state sanctioned theft. The caselaw is surprisingly little known and under used by Criminal solicitors which demonstrates why it is essential to instruct expert confiscation order solicitors.
Fortunately this client instructed Ashcotts Criminal Solicitors and her case was dealt with throughout by William Southcott Solicitor , a top confiscation order solicitor. The result for our client was that the court finally made an order in the sum of one pound……. yes ……. a quid and thats all our client has to pay. We love a happy ending.
