Foreign companies owning UK properties will have to reveal their ultimate owners on the world’s first public register. 5 years in jail for criminals who illegally profit from owning British property new public information will make it easier for law enforcement agencies to tackle money laundering while reducing opportunities for criminals to hide new data […]

Two ways to prove that property derives from a crime. In Mohammad Ahmad v Her Majesty’s Advocate [2009] HCJAC 60 The Scottish Court of Appeal has ruled that property will be considered criminal property under the Proceeds Of Crime Act (POCA), if the evidence of how it is handled ‘gives rise to the irresistible inference’ […]