Mr. Murria has acted for clients relating to the following:
• Restraint Orders including applications to vary and discharge
• Preparing cases for fully contested Confiscation Hearings
• Reconsideration of Confiscation Orders
• Enforcement of Confiscation Orders
• Third Party Interests
• The Interests of the Husband or Wife of the defendant
• Civil Recovery Orders
• Property Freezing Orders
• Disclosure Orders
• Seizure and Recovery of Cash
• Account Freezing Orders
• Appeals
• Representation at the Police Station for any criminal matter
• Representation at the Magistrates Court for any criminal matter
• Representation at the Crown Court for any criminal matter.
A small example of current and previous cases that Mr Murria has been instructed on are as follows:
NCA v TC, NB, BC Ltd - PFO and Civil Recovery
NCA v CMT – PFO and Civil Recovery
NCA v FA – PFO and Civil Recovery
NCA v MY – PFO and Civil Recovery
NCA v AZK – PFO and Civil Recovery
NCA v KR – PFO and Civil Recovery
R v AJ – Advising upon Section 23 POCA
WMP v AS – Cash Seizure
WMP v BS – Cash Seizure, approximately £85,000.00 returned to BS on appeal
HMRC v CD & Others – No Further Action taken with regards to allegations of VAT and Tax evasion
R v DR – Advised upon Restraint Order, following a detailed application being served upon the CPS the Restraint Order was discharged
R v DB – Third Party Interests regarding the matrimonial home
R v JC – Advising and making application to vary a Restraint Order
R v JF – Case fully prepared for Confiscation Hearing
R v JW – Case fully prepared for Confiscation Hearing
R v MB – Acted for MB who faced allegation of laundering in excess of £500,000.00, assisted in drafting a Basis of Plea which resulted in MB receiving a suspended sentence
R v MJ – Written representation made to CPS requesting that POCA proceedings are withdrawn following MJ receiving a suspended sentence for Conspiracy to Supply Cannabis ( 40 kilograms ). POCA proceedings discontinued
ERSOU v JH – Advised upon Account Freezing Order
R v MS – Written representation made to CPS requesting that charges of Money Laundering ( involving approximately £200,000.00 ) be reviewed, as a result the case against MS was discontinued
R v NS – Instructed to advise and act in Interested Party proceedings
R v Bestel and others
[2013] EWCA CA
Important Court of Appeal guidance as to how post Waya appeals should be considered when out of time
R v McIntosh
[2011] EWCA Crim 1501CA
Leading case in the Court of Appeal on how the Crown Court should approach the question of hidden assets at a confiscation hearing
R v Raykanda
[2011] EWCA Crim 1896 CA
£3.8m confiscation order quashed by the Court of Appeal in a VAT (MTIC) fraud case
CPS v L (2012)
Stay of £2 million confiscation order as an abuse due to breach of Article 6 ECtHR
R v Shabbir
[2010] EWCA 2010 CA
The Court of Appeal quashed a confiscation order as the statutory assumptions had been wrongly applied
R v Nawaz
[2010] EWCA Crim 819 CA
Convictions for acquiring criminal property quashed by the Court of Appeal there being no evidence of predicate offending