Barnaby Hone was invited to speak at two events at the 42nd Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime ('CIDOEC')
The focus of this year's symposium was Cross-Border Crime.
In the first event, Barnaby spoke on changes to the civil asset recovery regime, and in particular, the need for specific courts or ticketed judges to become specialist centres and specialist judges with asset recovery matters.
The second discussion, centred around war crimes and the recovery of those assets. Barnaby set out a proposal to set up an International Asset Recovery Tribunal, which would assist in recovering the proceeds of war crimes.
The conference highlighted the following issues:
- The talks highlighted the large volume of applications, which will be made due to the new crypto orders.
- The range of different legal issues arising from crypto and the new legislation.
- In relation to the International Asset Recovery court, there was a lengthy discussion on how this would work in practice and whether it would be a deterrent for war crimes.
Barnaby Hone is a barrister with specialist expertise in all types of asset recovery and financial crime (both criminal and civil). He works on all circuits in England and Wales, as well as being regularly instructed on international matters. He is regularly instructed as a Junior alone or as a leading Junior in complicated matters. He represents Defendants, third parties, and a range of law enforcement agencies (including the SFO, HMRC and the NCA).
He is ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, Band 2 & Tier 2, for his expertise within asset recovery matters. Barnaby has contributed to publications on International Asset Recovery and Terrorism Finance.
