[2013] EWCA Crim 567

It was not oppressive to apply the confiscation regime, including the "criminal lifestyle" provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 s.10, to defendants convicted of unauthorised trade mark use. A criminal lifestyle was not limited to the types of offences which attracted long prison sentences such as drug trafficking or armed robbery, but included those whose business was founded on the commission of offences.

CA (Crim Div) (Hughes LJ, Cranston J, Judge Radford)

20/03/2013