Subjects:

Equity and Trusts, Criminal Law

Contents:

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David Hayton: Equity's Identification Rules

Paul Matthews: The Legal and Moral Limits of Common Law Tracing

Stephen Moriarty: Tracing, Mixing, and Laundering

Helen Norman: Tracing the Proceeds of Crime: An Inequitable Solution

Simon Gleeson: The Involuntary Launderer: The Banker's Liability for Deposits of the Proceeds of Crime

Richard Nolan: Change of Position

Kit Barker: After Change of Position: Good Faith Exchange in the Modern Law of Restitution

Ewan McKendrick: Total Failure of Consideration and Counter-Restitution: Two Issues or One

William Swadling: The Nature of Ministerial Receipt

Francis Rose: Passing On

Peter Birks: The New Emphasis on Defences.

Many legal difficulties arise out of the growing number of money-laundering cases reaching the courts. Certainly there is much debate among legal practitioners, judges and academics as to what the civil courts can do to assist plaintiffs seeking to recover funds in the UK and overseas. This collection of essays attempts to throw light on the solutions offered by the common law and equity, and considers the judicial reasoning in recent landmark cases.