Leah Arksey
Solicitor
Leah is a Solicitor and works within our Crime department at our Head Office in Leeds.
Leah is a Solicitor and works within our Crime department at our Head Office in Leeds.
Leah Arksey is a Solicitor in the POCA Team within the Crime Department at Ison Harrison, specialising in matters arising under the Proceeds of Crime Act. She advises clients on all aspects of confiscation proceedings and asset recovery, providing clear, strategic guidance to individuals facing complex POCA cases.
Recognised as an experienced POCA specialist, Leah has built a strong reputation for her technical expertise and her ability to guide clients through intricate and high-pressure situations with confidence and precision. She combines specialist knowledge with a practical, solutions-focused approach, ensuring her clients fully understand their position at every stage and are supported in achieving the best possible outcome.
Leah is committed to building strong, trusting relationships with her clients, helping them navigate challenging circumstances with reassurance and clarity. She understands the pressures met by individuals facing POCA Proceedings and is committed to supporting clients with compassionate, pragmatic advice tailored to each individual’s circumstances.
Her client-focused approach has been recognised in leading legal directory The Legal 500, where she has been praised as:
“Leah is truly wonderful. Empathetic while being practical. Very organised and able to get the best out of clients.”
Leah’s combination of professionalism, empathetic manner and specialist knowledge, makes her a trusted advisor for clients navigating complex and challenging POCA matters.
· R v W (Fraud) – Utilising complex legal arguments to challenge the Prosecution’s assessment of benefit, Leah secured a reduction of the Benefit Figure from £32 million to £2.1 million.
· R v T (Environment Agency Prosecution) – Leah reduced the alleged benefit figure from the Prosecution’s original figure of £19 million, to £270,000, owing to a sophisticated Corporate Veil legal argument. This case also involved properties valued at over £4 million, held by a corporate entity, which Leah successfully removed from the Available Amount.
· R v L (Drugs Conspiracy) – The Prosecution’s Benefit Figure in this case amounted to over £7.7 million: the Particular Criminal Conduct figure was asserted to be £7.2 million with the Assumptions totalling £500,000. Leah was able to reduce the client’s PCC figure to just £300 and wiped off the Assumptions in their entirety.
· R v C (Drugs Conspiracy) – The Prosecution’s argued benefit in this case was £420,000, which Leah was able to successfully reduce to just £500.
· R v H (Drugs Conspiracy) – Although this Lifestyle case included a small Particular Criminal Conduct benefit totalling just £2,000, the General Criminal Conduct figure amounted to over £560,000. Through detailed evidential work, Leah was able to challenge the Assumptions and reduced the final Confiscation Order to £150,000.
· R v L (Drugs Conspiracy) – Leah advanced a legal argument relating to this client’s role within a conspiracy, successfully reducing the Benefit Figure from £1.3 million (of which £1.29 million was Particular Criminal Conduct) to just £18,000.