In a Court of Appeal case (London Borough of Islington v Bajaj [2020] EWCA Crim 1111), St Philips Richard Atkins QC leading colleague Ben Close, have defeated the London Borough of Islington’s “test-case” confiscation proceedings for almost £1 million. In a prosecution pursuant to the Houses of Multiple Occupation Regulations, the council had sought to establish that the pecuniary … Continue reading Success for St Philips Barristers in £1m confiscation proceedings test case