News & Briefings
BSQ instructed in Challenging UK’s largest Confiscation Order
BSQ partner and Fraud expert Daniel Godden together with private client partner Roger Sahota have been instructed in challenging one of the U.K.’s largest confiscation orders.
BSQ Fraud Team instructed to Challenge £64m Confiscation Order
BSQ’s Fraud defence team has been appointed to represent Dr Gerald Smith in enforcement proceedings concerning one of the highest confiscation orders ever made – now standing in excess of £64m including interest - ever made in the UK.
Berkeley Square Solicitors Negotiate Favourable Confiscation Settlement
Berkeley Square Solicitors partner Goran Stojsavljevic successfully represented a client in complex confiscation proceedings following a conviction in a £3m fraudulent trading prosecution.
Berkeley Square Solicitors Take Over Berkeley Sahota Website
Berkeley Sahota website owner Roger Sahota is pleased to announce the establishment of Berkeley Square Solicitors together with partners Daniel Godden and Goran Stojsavljevic.
Serious Sexual Offences Prosecution Discontinued
Our private client crime department can report that the CPS RASSO unit has discontinued a police investigation into allegations of serious sexual assault made against one of our professional clients.
Berkeley Square Solicitors instructed in Third Party In Challenge to Multi-Million Pound Confiscation Order
Roger Sahota has been instructed to represent a third party interest in challenging one of the UK’s largest confiscation orders.
Confiscation Order Settlement for Berkeley Square Solicitors
Our confiscation department is happy to report another successful outcome in a case where we represented a third party to confiscation proceedings.
New Revenge Porn Offence - Client Practice Blog
With several cases of revenge porn involving celebrities featured in recent media reports, we consider the new criminal offence created by the Criminal Justice and Courts Act which received Royal Assent on the 12 February 2015.
Financial Crime - Roger Sahota interviewed on Legal Network Television
Roger Sahota appears on Legal Network Television preparing a practitioners guide to changes made by the Serious Crime Act to POCA 2002
From Russia With Cash - Estate Agents Cant Turn A Blind Eye to Money Laundering - Roger Sahota writes
Following on from the Channel 4 expose “From Russia with Cash” Roger Sahota writes a guide for estate agents on the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations.
New Confiscation provisions in the Serious Crime Act 2015
Roger’s summary of the new provisions written together with Nicholas Yeo, barrister of 3 Raymond Buildings is published on the blog Fraud Focus.
Client Guide to Financial Statements During the Confiscation Process
Confiscation law is one of the most complicated areas of criminal law.
Confiscation Order Blogs – Reviewing the History of the Proceeds of Crime Act
The Proceeds of Crime Act legislation is the most commonly used confiscation law.
Client Guide to the Confiscation Order Process
Confiscation law is one of the most complicated areas of criminal law. Roger Sahota is one of the leading criminal solicitors in this narrow field.
Confiscation Orders Blog – Section 22 of POCA
Anecdotal evidence suggests that there has been an significant increase recently in the number of applications recently made under Section 22 of POCA 2002.
More Draconian Default Sentences On the Horizon – PAC Report On Confiscation Orders Published
Serious criminals are choosing jail as an alternative to paying their Confiscation Orders, concluded the Public Accounts Committee in it’s long awaited report on Confiscation Orders published on the 21st March 2014.
Longer Prison Sentences Will Not Solve Our Confiscation Crisis
Facing withering criticism from the Chair of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, a Senior Ministry of Justice official issued an ominous warning last week, writes Roger Sahota.
Orders Need to Suit the Facts
Roger Sahota writes for the Law Society Gazette Opinion Column Reports that 16 of Britain’s most high-profile offenders still owe £126m in unpaid confiscation orders will not surprise anyone with an interest in financial crime.
Public Accounts Committee Scrutinises Confiscation Enforcement Record
Margaret Hodge lived up to her fearsome reputation yesterday by savaging officials from the Home Office, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Head of the National Crime Agency during questioning before the Public Accounts Committee on the subject of Confiscation Orders writes Roger Sahota.
Does the Confiscation System Cost More Than It Delivers?
Largely overlooked in the coverage of the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report on Confiscation Orders (17 December 2013) is the NAO’s findings on the impact of sending offenders who cannot pay their orders to prison, writes Roger Sahota.