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MLA guidelines for foreign authorities

These guidelines describe mutual legal assistance (MLA) that can be provided by the UK.

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Home Office
Published
14 September 2012
Last updated
10 August 2023 — See all updates

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Request for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters: guidelines for authorities outside of the UK (accessible version)

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Request for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters: guidelines for authorities outside of the UK

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MLA guidelines: letter of request for evidence

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MLA guidelines: letter of request for search and seizure

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MLA guidelines: letter of request for restraint and confiscation

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MLA guidelines: letter of request for service of process

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EU mutual legal assistance in criminal matters request form

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MLA guidelines: EU-UK TCA freezing provisional measures request form

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MLA guidelines: EU-UK TCA confiscation request form

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Demande d’entraide juridique en matiere penale

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Wniosek o wzajemną pomoc prawną w sprawach karnych

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Pedido de Auxílio Judiciário Mútuo em Matéria Penal

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Solicitud de Asistencia Jurídica Mutua en Asuntos Penales

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Cezai Konularda Karşılıklı Adli Yardım Talebi

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طلب الحصول على المساعدة القانونية المتبادلة في المسائل الجنائية

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Richieste di assistenza giudiziaria in materia penale

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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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Published 14 September 2012
Last updated 10 August 2023 + show all updates

  1. Added EU mutual legal assistance in criminal matters request form.

  2. Italian translation of the MLA guidelines added.

  3. Arabic translation of the MLA guidelines added.

  4. Added MLA guidelines in French, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish.

  5. Added HTML accessible version of 'Requests for MLA in criminal matters: guidelines for foreign authorities'.

  6. 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.

  7. Updated versions of 'EU-UK TCA freezing provisional measures request form' and 'EU-UK TCA confiscation request form' published.

  8. 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".

  9. Updated guidance: requests for MLA in criminal matters: guidelines for foreign authorities

  10. Templates for letters of request for EU freezing orders and EU confiscation orders added.

  11. Requests for MLA in criminal matters: guidelines for foreign authorities, updated with 2014 version.

  12. First published.

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