[2008] EWCA Crim 914

A judge had had jurisdiction and power to impose a financial reporting order under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 s.76(1) on an offender who had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to conceal the proceeds of criminal conduct, even though at the time of the offending such an order could not be made in respect of that offence. A financial reporting order was a preventive measure not a penalty, so it could be made retrospectively without breaching the offender's rights under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.7.

CA (Crim Div) (Latham LJ, Penry-Davey J, Foskett J)

09/04/2008