An article from 5 St Andrews Hill Chambers on 20 October was concerde with a recent cases in which the Court of Appeal ruled that, as with other orders, the judge’s solemn pronouncement in court was the order and a failure to draw up a formal written document within the prescribed two-year period from the date of sentence did not invalidate it; and that, in any event, the judge had provided written reasons, findings and figures which satisfied the statutory requirements of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The article considers the background and the practical implications of the ruling.
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