R v BRIGGS-PRICE
[2009] Lloyd's Rep FC 442
HOUSE OF LORDS
Before Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Mance and Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
Confiscation — Drug Trafficking Act 1994, part I — Defendant convicted of conspiracy to import heroin from which no benefit derived — Statutory assumptions agreed not to apply — Prosecution having lead evidence of historic conspiracy to supply cannabis at trial — Whether permitted to include property received in connection with uncharged cannabis offence as part of assessment of benefit figure — Whether bringing of new charge — Whether article 6(2) of ECHR applies — Standard of proof.