Mark Sutherland Williams
Mark Sutherland Williams is a proceeds of crime specialist barrister and is the co-author of one of the leading practitioner texts on asset forfeiture law, "The Proceeds of Crime: Law and Practice of Restraint, Confiscation, Condemnation and Forfeiture", - second edition published by Oxford University Press in March 2007.
In the field of asset forfeiture law he has extensive expertise in restraint, receivership matters, disclosure issues, third party claims, variation and discharge, costs and compensation, certificates of inadequacy and increase, cash seizures, condemnation of goods (bootlegging) and production orders.
In 2003 he became the first Counsel to be instructed by the Director of the Assets Recovery Agency to obtain a High Court Interim Receivership order and the first Counsel to be instructed by the Commissioners of HM Customs and Excise to obtain a Crown Court Restraint Order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. In 2006 he became the first Counsel to be instructed by the Assets Recovery Agency to obtain a Property Freezing Order and the first Counsel to be instructed to obtain an external restraint order under SOCPA.
Mark is the head of 3 Paper Buildings Proceeds of Crime Unit (www.3paper.co.uk).
Reported cases
You can contact Mark Sutherland Williams on the following:
Mark Sutherland Williams
Hon Treasurer
3 Paper Buildings
Temple
London
EC4Y 7EU
Tel: 020 7583 8055
E: david.phillips@3paper.co.uk
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Mark Sutherland Williams is a proceeds of crime specialist barrister and is the co-author of one of the leading practitioner texts on asset forfeiture law, "The Proceeds of Crime: Law and Practice of Restraint, Confiscation, Condemnation and Forfeiture", - second edition published by Oxford University Press in March 2007.
In the field of asset forfeiture law he has extensive expertise in restraint, receivership matters, disclosure issues, third party claims, variation and discharge, costs and compensation, certificates of inadequacy and increase, cash seizures, condemnation of goods (bootlegging) and production orders.
In 2003 he became the first Counsel to be instructed by the Director of the Assets Recovery Agency to obtain a High Court Interim Receivership order and the first Counsel to be instructed by the Commissioners of HM Customs and Excise to obtain a Crown Court Restraint Order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. In 2006 he became the first Counsel to be instructed by the Assets Recovery Agency to obtain a Property Freezing Order and the first Counsel to be instructed to obtain an external restraint order under SOCPA.
Mark is the head of 3 Paper Buildings Proceeds of Crime Unit (www.3paper.co.uk).
Reported cases
T v RCPO and BD [2007] (CA) LTL 5/7/07 Upholding the court’s discretion to enforce a confiscation order, following a breach of Article 7(1) ECHR.
RCPO v B-P and O’Reilly [2007] EWCA Civ 568, [2007] LS Gazette, June 28, 32, LTL 14/6/07 The release of restrained funds to meet legal expenses post-conviction.
Capewell v Revenue and Customs Commissioners and another [2007] 2 All ER 370 ; [2007] 1 WLR 386; 01/02/2007 Times Law Reports (House of Lords, CPR 69 and receivers remuneration); [2005] 1 All ER 900; 15/12/2004 Times Law Reports
Director of the Assets Recovery Agency v Ashton [2006] All ER (D) 477 (Mar) (Civil recovery)
Singh v Assets Recovery Agency [2005] 1 WLR 3747; [2005] All ER (D) 255 (May); 31/05/2005 Times Law Reports; (quashed confiscation order made without jurisdiction - exception cannot apply to void order)
In re S (Restraint order) CA [2004] [2005] 1 WLR 1338; 08/10/2004 Times Law Reports (Restraint order cannot be varied to fund legal fees in relation to order)
You can contact Mark Sutherland Williams on the following:
Mark Sutherland Williams
Hon Treasurer
3 Paper Buildings
Temple
London
EC4Y 7EU
Tel: 020 7583 8055
E: david.phillips@3paper.co.uk
Click here to sign up and become a POCLA member