[2012] EWCA Crim 576

On an appeal by the Crown Prosecution Service the court ordered the quashing of an unlawful and unenforceable joint confiscation order and its replacement with two separate orders against a husband and wife, subject to an undertaking from the CPS not to seek double recovery. Woeful conduct and delay on the part of the CPS in seeking the original order's amendment could not be allowed to interfere with the course of justice.

CA (Crim Div) (Hallett LJ, Griffith Williams J, Singh J)

06/03/2012