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In the recent case of Lambert & Walding v R the Court of Appeal upheld the judgment made by the Crown Court to confiscate £107,860 from both Mr Lambert and Mr Walding for drugs and money laundering offences. The Crown Court calculated that the benefit from the offences was £107,860 and as it was obtained jointly by the co-defendants, ordered each of them to pay the full amount. The defendants’ counsel argued that this was disproportionate, against their human rights and an abuse of process. Yet the Court of Appealed upheld the initial judgment arguing that in common law a person who owns property jointly with another holds the whole of the jointly held property.

Our speakers will discuss this decision and its impact on asset recovery and confiscation.