Sumal & Sons (Properties) Ltd, R v [2012] EWCA Crim 3109

Case No 2012/06042/D2[2012] EWCA Crim 3109
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
CRIMINAL DIVISION
Venue Royal Courts of JusticeDate Tuesday 18 December 2012
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
B e f o r e:
LORD JUSTICE DAVIS
MR JUSTICE BURTON
and
MR JUSTICE LANGSTAFF
Between
R E G I N ACrown- v -
Between
SUMAL & SONS (PROPERTIES) LIMITED
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JUDGMENTSUPREME COURT PRONOUNCEMENT(As Approved by the Court)Tuesday 18 December 2012
[1]In this matter the appeal has been allowed. Leave to appeal to the Supreme Court has already been refused. The court certifies the following point of law of general public importance:
"May rental income from a property which is unlicensed contrary to section 95(1) of the Housing Act 2004 be a person's benefit as being property obtained as a result of or in connection with particular criminal conduct for the purposes of section 76(4) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002?"