R v Hayes [2018] EWCA Crim 682 – Ss 77 and 78 POCA.
- wide reach of tainted gifts provisions in POCA to require convicted criminals to disgorge proceeds of criminality and deter attempts to render confiscation orders ineffectual by giving away assets.
- judicial guidance on general approach Crown Courts should take in applying tainted gifts regime.
- where consideration said to have been provided by recipient of gift other than as direct financial contribution, e.g. by way of “services”, court must rigorously examine evidence to see to what extent asserted consideration capable of being assessed as consideration of value in monetary terms.
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