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Parere Pro Veritate – No Statutory Requirement to Impose Consecutive Sentence on Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ‘Default’ Orders by Giovanni Di Stefano
May 2, 2021
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The Criminal Justice Act 1988 relinquished its statutory rights in favour of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 when the said provisions were brought into force albeit POCA 2002 received Royal Assent on 24 July 2002. POCA 2002 is divided into 12 parts consisting of over 460 sections and 12 schedules. Part 2 concerns confiscation orders in criminal proceedings. Contained within POCA 2002 there is not a single word of…

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The Legality of Joint-Enterprise Convictions in England and Wales by Giovanni Di Stefano
September 25, 2020
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Parere Pro Veritate 1. In 2002, I, together with Peter Kelson QC (now HHJ Kelson), the late Dr David Thomas QC, Alex Dos Santos and Jonathan Lennon successfully argued before the then Vice President of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division Lord Justice Rose that the conviction of Nicholas Van Hoogstraten of ‘joint-enterprise’ verdict of manslaughter should be quashed. 2. Subsequently, aided by Geoffrey Cox QC (now the Attorney General) his retrial produced a verdict on the orders of…

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