Re National Crime Agency

Queen's Bench Division (Divisional Court) [2020] EWHC 268 (Admin), Before Lord Justice Davis and Mrs Justice McGowan, 22 January, 12 February 2020

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 - Investigations - Disclosure orders - Conditions for making - Section 357(2) - Relationship between disclosure orders and account freezing orders in frozen funds investigations - Jurisdiction - Whether appeal by way of case stated appropriate route to challenge refusal of a disclosure order.

This case involves consideration of the meaning and ambit of section 357(2) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, as amended ("the 2002 Act"). The principal point raised is of some general importance.