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Asset tracing can be an essential part of any civil fraud case. When it comes to asset tracing and recovery, speed and expertise are essential. This is because the chances of success will increase the quicker and more strategically the process is conducted.
Nicola Sharp
10 June 2024
The Commercial Court has handed down an 18-month committal order against Abdul Jalil Mallah for contempt of court. The contempt relates to breaches of a worldwide freezing order and lies he told in a ...
Nicola Sharp
3 May 2024
A recent application raised two interesting points about the circumstances in which a Bankers Trust Order can be ordered against a foreign citizen, and how wide a net that BTO may cast.
Nicola Sharp
15 April 2024
Freezing orders are a tool to freeze the assets of a respondent, so that the claimant can enforce the judgment, if they are successful.
Nicola Sharp
22 February 2024
The purpose of a worldwide freezing order (WFO) is to prevent the defendant from dissipating their assets before a judgment is found against them.
Nicola Sharp
21 February 2024
Mr Justice Bright refused to lift a worldwide freezing order (WFO) in a recent application, Trafigura Ptd Ltd & Anor v Prateek Gupta & Ors [2023] EWHC 3184 (Comm).
Nicola Sharp
28 December 2023
In 2023, a number of applicants sought the court’s help in tracing assets that were procured as a result of fraud. We look at a few notable cases in 2023 for applicants seeking Bankers Trust Orders, N...
Nicola Sharp
17 November 2023
A proprietary injunction is one of the central tools at the Court’s disposal to ensure that trust property is put into the right hands.[1] Under section 37(1) Senior Courts Act 1981 the Court may gran...
Nicola Sharp
8 November 2023
The Privy Council recently overturned a decision by the Supreme Court in Mauritius, and allowed Norwich Pharmacal relief after it was refused in Mauritius. In Stanford Asset Holdings Ltd and another v...