The legal difficulties arising out of the growing number of money-laundering cases reaching the courts are the subject of a burgeoning literature. Certainly there is much debate among 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, the first on the subject, throws important fresh light on the solutions offered by the common law and equity, and considers the judicial reasoning in recent landmark cases.
Equity's Identification Rules,David Hayton The Legal and Moral Limits of Common Law Tracing,Paul Matthews Tracing, Mixing, and Laundering,Stephen Moriarty Tracing the Proceeds of Crime: An Inequitable Solution,Helen Norman The Involuntary Launderer: The Banker's Liability for Deposits of the Proceeds of Crime,Simon Gleeson Change of Position,Richard Nolan After Change of Position: Good Faith Exchange in the Modern Law of Restitution,Kit Barker Total Failure of Consideration and Counter-Restitution: Two Issues or One,Ewan McKendrick The Nature of Ministerial Receipt,William Swadling Passing On,Francis Rose The New Emphasis on Defences,Peter Birks