Court of Appeal decision reviewing the consent regime

The National Crime Agency v N & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 253

Court of Appeal decision reviewing the consent regime under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.  The court emphasised that the grant of consent by the National Crime Agency (NCA) does not imply NCA approval of the proposed act, that funds are clean or that no criminality is involved.   The NCA stated that ‘in cases of urgency it can and does in appropriate cases move considerably faster than within 7 days and indeed potentially within hours’.  In appropriate cases, it is ‘desirable that the need for urgency is communicated to the NCA and that it responds promptly in so far as it can do so’.

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