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So Your Bank Blocked Your Account: Why It Happens, and What to Do About It

10th January 2017
Bribery, Corruption and SFO Investigations, Frozen Bank group, John Binns, Legal guides, News & Insights, Proceeds of Crime, Serious Fraud
Banks in the UK are very heavily regulated, and this can sometimes have a severe impact on individual or business customers. In particular, banks are increasingly deciding to close and/or block accounts without giving reasons, and this can sometimes result in long delays before the customer can access their funds.

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Criminal Finances Bill – Money Laundering, Civil Recovery & Enforcement Powers

23rd November 2016
Insights, John Binns, News & Insights, Proceeds of Crime
The Criminal Finances Bill, currently under consideration by Parliament, includes a number of proposed changes to the laws on money laundering and civil recovery under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

In the second of a two-part article, John Binns looks at the proposals on money laundering, civil recovery, and enforcement powers.

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Confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA): a Prosecutor’s Wonderland?

11th July 2016
Insights, John Binns, News & Insights, Proceeds of Crime
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) provides for a notoriously draconian regime for making confiscation orders against defendants who are convicted in criminal proceedings. Some of its harshest features arise from the fact that it often reads as if it had been written by Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland, who said of language that ‘when I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean’.

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Chambers High Net Worth 2016 – Inaugural Edition Published

24th June 2016
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Chambers & Partners recently launched the Chambers High Net Worth Guide which is their first publication specifically aimed at the international private wealth market.

The guide ranks BCL in Band 1 of the leading firms in the UK in the Financial Crime practice area, stating that “BCL Burton Copeland is ‘unquestionably at the top of the tree,’ says a source.”

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