[2013] EWCA Crim 2083

In light of the decision in Sumal & Sons (Properties) Ltd v Newham LBC [2012] EWCA Crim 1840, [2013] 1 W.L.R. 2078, which determined that a landlord's receipt of rent for unlicensed property, insofar as rent was validly due, could not amount to benefit from criminal conduct for the purposes of a confiscation order, it was appropriate to quash confiscation orders made against two landlords where the benefit which they were alleged to have received had been calculated on the basis of estimated rental charges.

CA (Crim Div) (Macur J, Silber J, Judge Gilbert QC)

31/10/2013