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In the matter of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office v Pigott, Court of Appeal
The defendant in criminal proceedings pleaded guilty at crown court to two counts of cheating the public revenue and money laundering.
Confiscation order proceedings followed, and the judge ruled that the defendant should pay £1.498 million.
A schedule of realisable property was drawn up. A property on the schedule was in the name of an interested third party, who appealed against the order.
The High Court agreed that the defendant had an interest in the property and it was therefore realisable. The court appointed a management receiver to manage the property on that basis.
The third party appealed. The Court of Appeal ruled that the management receiver had been correctly appointed. The appeal was dismissed.
