Are the Russia Sanctions (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 engaged where there is ‘reasonable cause to suspect’ that an entity is owned or controlled by a designated person or are they only engaged if the entity is in fact owned or controlled by such a person?

ADDED Friday 25^th April 2025

Where a private prosecution had resulted in convictions and the Crown Court had then issued witness summonses in the course of the subsequent confiscation proceedings, did it have jurisdiction to do so and was that decision amenable to judicial review?

ADDED Thursday 24^th April 2025

Did either the passage of time since the making of a Serious Crime Prevention Order or the stated intention of the person subject to the order to move permanently abroad amount to a change of circumstance allowing the High Court to discharge the order?

ADDED Thursday 23^rd April 2025

Where the combined effect of a director’s disqualification order and a pre-existing disqualification undertaking exceeded the 15-year statutory maximum period under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, was that ultra virus the statute?

ADDED Thursday 10^th April 2025

Can a money laundering or a civil recovery investigation be commenced where no specific 'criminal property' or 'recoverable property' has yet been identified? Does property cease to be ‘criminal property’ once it is acquired for adequate consideration?

ADDED Wednesday 9^th April 2025