R v Boyle Transport (Northern Ireland) Ltd; R v Boyle and Another

[2016] EWCA Crim 19, Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), Lord Justice Davis, Mrs Justice Cox and HHJ Kinch (Sitting as a Judge of the CA (Crim Div), 26 January; 25 February 2016

[2016] EWCA Crim 19, Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), Lord Justice Davis, Mrs Justice Cox and HHJ Kinch (Sitting as a Judge of the CA (Crim Div), 26 January; 25 February 2016

Proceeds of crime - Confiscation proceedings - Appeal against confiscation orders - Lifting/piercing the corporate veil

The appellant company appealed against the decision of Carlisle Crown Court whereby an enforcement receiver had been appointed over its realisable assets. This order had been made to enable the recovery of the amounts of confiscation orders previously made against Patrick and Mark Boyle under the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.