This note examines the High Court's recent decision in National Crime Agency v Baker to discharge three unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) relating to properties in London. The UWOs were originally granted on the basis that the properties were suspected of constituting ‘recoverable property’ for the purposes of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The decision is the first to overturn an UWO. Given the few UWO applications to date, it is an important contribution to the available jurisprudence on the mechanism. This comment examines the presiding judge's statements on the evidential thresholds to be met in raising a presumption that property constitutes the proceeds of crime and looks at the decision's emphasis on enforcement authorities’ obligations to meet proportionality requirements. It reviews the Court's discussion of complex property ownership structures. It concludes that the judgment raises issues which enforcement authorities may find challenging in seeking to use UWOs in future investigations.

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证明面团：国家犯罪局诉贝克与奥尔斯

本说明考察了高等法院在国家犯罪局诉贝克案中的最新判决履行与伦敦房地产相关的三个无法解释的财富订单（UWO）。UWO最初是基于2002年《犯罪收益法》的目的而怀疑涉嫌构成“可收回财产”的财产而授予的。该决定是第一个推翻UWO的决定。鉴于迄今为止的UWO申请很少，这是对该机制现有判例的重要贡献。该评论审查了主审法官关于在提出财产构成犯罪收益的假定时必须满足的证据标准的陈述，并着眼于该判决强调执行机构为满足相称性要求而承担的义务。它审查了法院对复杂财产所有权结构的讨论。