No. 2012/06042/D2
Neutral Citation Number: [2012] EWCA Crim 3109
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
CRIMINAL  DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL

Tuesday  18  December  2012

B e f o r e:

LORD  JUSTICE DAVIS

MR  JUSTICE  BURTON

and

MR  JUSTICE  LANGSTAFF
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JUDGMENT
SUPREME  COURT  PRONOUNCEMENT
(As Approved by the Court)
Tuesday  18  December  2012

LORD JUSTICE DAVIS: 

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?"