Book excerpt: The Proceeds of Crime, this new edition has been fully updated to include all important legislative changes over the last three years, and covers all significant case law, including discussion on the release of restrained funds to meet legal expenses following the decisions of the Court of Appeal in Briggs-Price v RCPO and the rights of innocent spouses in the matrimonial home in Gibson v RCPO. It also covers changes in regulation and enforcement including an examination of the future of civil recovery following the abolition of the Assets Recovery Agency and the transfer of its power to the Serious Organized Crime Agency. The new edition incorporates in-depth coverage of the relevant legislation, with analysis of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and reference to case law under both the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988.