United Kingdom civil recoverystandard of proof

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Gale

[2009] EWHC 1015 (QB)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division)

Year2009

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Civil recovery under Part 5 POCA 2002 is determined on the balance of probabilities, and a respondent's prior acquittal of related criminal charges does not bar recovery on the same evidence absent a procedural link between the two sets of proceedings.

Area of Law

General

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