Serious and General Crime

Embracing the ‘Art of the Possible’ in Novel Food Regulation – David Hardstaff & John Binns write for Food Navigator

BCL partners David Hardstaff and John Binns have written for Food Navigator discussing how a high-profile investigation into banned muscle-building drugs highlights the issues with the novel food regime impacting the CBD industry.

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Justice in a situation where justice is impossible?

Anne Sacoolas, a US citizen, has pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving via video link at a plea and case management hearing at the Old Bailey on 20 October 2022. The preliminary hearing took place at Westminster Magistrates Court on 28 September 2022, also remotely, where she was granted unconditional bail.  The CPS has accepted her plea despite having initially charged her with causing death by dangerous driving in December 2019. Sentencing has been adjourned to the end of November 2022, raising questions regarding the length and nature of the sentence and whether she will serve any custodial sentence in the UK, US or at all.

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Confiscation Revisited: What to Do When the Prosecutor Comes Back for More

One of the lesser known, often poorly understood provisions of the confiscation regime under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) is section 22, which provides an opportunity to the prosecutor to invite a ‘reconsideration of the available amount’. For many defendants who have been through the process, had an order made and in many cases satisfied that order in full, the first they have heard of that section is the letter informing them that such an application is to be made.

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