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Orton v (1) Truro Crown Court (2) West Cornwall Magistrates’ Court (Devon and Cornwall Constabulary as Interested Party)

Author / Contributor: Jeremy Johnson QC
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Orton v (1) Truro Crown Court (2) West Cornwall Magistrates’ Court (Devon and Cornwall Constabulary as Interested Party)
   
Issue: Whether the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court had erred in failing to make an order for costs in favour of a successful respondent to an application for forfeiture of cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
   
Court: Divisional Court
   
Reference:   CO/11370/2007
   
Neutral Citation:   [2009] EWHC 168 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Maurice Kay LJ, Simon J
   
Date: 21 January 2009