IN THE MATTER OF KETAN SOMAIA IN THE MATTER OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1988

[2018] Lloyd's Rep FC Plus 1

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mrs Justice Jefford

Case considering the legal definition of a gift in confiscation proceedings brought under section 80 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 – The predecessor regime to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 – The High Court declined to grant the declarations sought and to declare that the transfers were gifts – The sums did not form part of the property subject to the confiscation order in this case.