View source for Re W (2020) UKUT 155 (AAC)

{{Case
|Date=2020-05-09
|NCN=[2020] UKUT 155 (AAC)
|Court=Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
|Judges=Mitchell
|Parties=W, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
|Sentence=Non-application of forfeiture rule
|Summary=The forfeiture rule ("the rule of public policy which in certain circumstances precludes a person who has unlawfully killed another from acquiring a benefit in consequence of the killing") can be modified under the [[Forfeiture Act 1982]] in the interests of justice but not following a conviction for murder. The Secretary of State initially argued that W had been convicted of murder. The Crown Court had found that, in relation to his wife's killing, W was unfit to plead but had done the act. The Upper Tribunal equated this with a finding of not guilty by reason of insanity, which for forfeiture rule purposes amounts to an acquittal, so there was no conviction and the forfeiture rule did not apply.
|Detail===Note==
Published on BAILII on 10/6/20.
|Subject=Miscellaneous cases
|News=Yes
|RSS pubdate=2020-06-25 09:42:36 PM
}}