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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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These guidelines describe MLA that can be provided by the UK, the procedures to follow when requesting assistance from the UK and the role of central authorities in the execution of requests for legal assistance in criminal matters.
Published 14 September 2012
Last updated 23 March 2015 + show all updates
Last updated 23 March 2015 + show all updates
- Updated guidance: requests for MLA in criminal matters: guidelines for foreign authorities
- Templates for letters of request for EU freezing orders and EU confiscation orders added.
- Requests for MLA in criminal matters: guidelines for foreign authorities, updated with 2014 version.
- First published.