Resources

Practical guidance for legal professionals and corporates navigating UK POCA proceedings.

Note. The Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 and related UK legislation is subject to amendment. Always confirm the current position with instructing solicitors.

For Defence Lawyers & Barristers

Challenging prosecution benefit figures

How to review prosecution benefit schedules, identify unsupported assumptions, and scope independent forensic analysis for Section 17 responses.

Available amount: key issues

Identifying free property, tainted gifts, third party interests, and hidden assets contentions in Crown Court confiscation hearings.

Criminal lifestyle assumptions

Overview of trigger offences, the four assumptions under POCA, and the evidential burden when rebutting lifestyle contentions.

Crown Court confiscation procedure

Stages from Section 16 service through available amount disputes to enforcement, and where expert accounting evidence is required.

For Prosecution & Regulatory Bodies

Benefit quantification methodology

Structuring defensible benefit schedules, documenting criminal conduct, and supporting lifestyle evidence packages.

Lifestyle evidence construction

Building expenditure and income analysis that meets the evidential standards expected in confiscation proceedings.

Asset tracing in POCA proceedings

Tracing funds through corporate structures, nominees, and offshore holdings to support confiscation and enforcement.

For Corporates & Financial Institutions

POCA Part 7 obligations

Financial analysis supporting corporate money laundering compliance, internal investigations, and regulatory engagement.

DPA financial analysis

Disgorgement modelling and financial reporting considerations in deferred prosecution agreement negotiations.

SAR and financial intelligence

Forensic support where suspicious activity reporting and financial intelligence feed into POCA-related investigations.