MLA guidelines for foreign authorities
These guidelines describe mutual legal assistance (MLA) that can be provided by the UK.
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You can also find forms for confiscation and freezing measures provided in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).
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Last updated 10 August 2023 + show all updates
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Added EU mutual legal assistance in criminal matters request form.
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Italian translation of the MLA guidelines added.
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Arabic translation of the MLA guidelines added.
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Added MLA guidelines in French, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish.
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Added HTML accessible version of 'Requests for MLA in criminal matters: guidelines for foreign authorities'.
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Replaced ‘Requests for MLA in criminal matters: guidelines for foreign authorities’ document with 2022 version 'Request for Mutual Legal Assistance in criminal matters: guidelines for authorities outside of the United Kingdom'. Removed Polish and Turkish translations as they are now out of date and new translations are being developed.
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Updated versions of 'EU-UK TCA freezing provisional measures request form' and 'EU-UK TCA confiscation request form' published.
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Updated "MLA guidelines: letter of request for EU freezing order certificates" to the "MLA guidelines: EU Freezing Request Form". Updated "MLA guidelines: letter of request for EU confiscation order certificates" to the "MLA guidelines: EU Confiscation Request Form".
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Updated guidance: requests for MLA in criminal matters: guidelines for foreign authorities
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Templates for letters of request for EU freezing orders and EU confiscation orders added.
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Requests for MLA in criminal matters: guidelines for foreign authorities, updated with 2014 version.
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First published.