The Weekly Law Reports
[2017] 1 WLR 3680
Queen’s Bench Division
*Regina (Merida Oil Traders Ltd)
v
Central Criminal Court and othersRegina (Bunnvale Ltd and another)
v
Central Criminal Court and others
[2017] EWHC 747 (Admin)
2017 March 14;
April 11
April 11
Gross LJ, Leggatt J
Police— Powers— Property obtained through unlawful conduct— Police investigating companies’ trading activity and procuring their broker to create cheques for closing balances payable to companies— Police obtaining production orders requiring broker to produce cheques— Whether production orders lawful— Police seizing cheques and obtaining detention orders authorising their continued detention— Whether lawfulness of cash seizure dependent on lawfulness of production orders— Whether seizure lawful— Whether lawfulness of detention dependent on lawfulness of seizure— Whether detention orders lawful—
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c 29) (as amended by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c 27), s 75(2), Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c 25), s 169, Sch 19, para 6 and Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c 22), s 49, Sch 19, para 4), ss 294, 295(1)(5), 345
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