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Freezing Orders

Strategy, finely-tuned legal argument and a swift, purposeful approach are key to gaining the right outcome when it comes to the freezing of assets.

Freezing Orders Media Coverage and Press Releases

Nicola Sharp

Nicola Sharp
19 March 2024

Nicola Sharp details recent cases that have highlighted the principles relating to worldwide freezing orders

The latest cases that have focused on the principles applying to worldwide freezing orders (WFOs) were assessed by Nicola Sharp.

Posted in: Cryptoassets and Cryptocurrencies. Civil Fraud. Freezing Orders. Asset Tracing & Recovery.
Featured at: Solicitors Journal
Nicola Sharp

Nicola Sharp
16 November 2020

Account freezing orders under scrutiny in a Rahman Ravelli and Doughty Street hosted civil recovery webinar

All aspects of account freezing orders and High Court civil recovery will be analysed in an upcoming Rahman Ravelli and Doughty Street hosted webinar.

Posted in: Cryptoassets and Cryptocurrencies. Freezing Orders.
Featured at: Doughty Street
Azizur Rahman

Azizur Rahman
28 May 2020

Senior Partner Aziz Rahman explains in the Financial Times the increased use of account freezing orders by HM Revenue and Customs

With the year 2019-20 having seen HM Revenue and Customs freeze 166 bank and building society accounts containing £19.5M in total, the Financial Times asked Rahman Ravelli’s Aziz Rahman to explain the...

Posted in: Cryptoassets and Cryptocurrencies. Freezing Orders.
Featured at: Financial Times
Syedur Rahman

Syedur Rahman
17 December 2019

Legal Director Syed Rahman discusses with Risk UK why the NCA’s largest asset recovery emphasises the value of account freezing orders to investigators.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) was no doubt happy to announce it had reached an out-of-court settlement with billionaire property tycoon and philanthropist Malik Riaz Hussain that sees him handing ov...

Posted in: Cryptoassets and Cryptocurrencies. Freezing Orders.
Featured at: Risk UK
Syedur Rahman

Syedur Rahman
16 August 2019

Legal Director Syed Rahman comments on NCA being granted a £100m Asset Freezing Order

The NCA has been granted freezing orders on eight bank accounts containing a total of more than £100 million, which is suspected to have derived from bribery and corruption in an overseas nation.

Posted in: Cryptoassets and Cryptocurrencies. Freezing Orders.
Featured at: Thomson Reuters, Risk UK, economia, and Law360
Nicola Sharp

Nicola Sharp
28 March 2019

Account Freezing Orders: Why we can expect more of them. A Practical Guide

With recent weeks having seen the first use of account freezing orders, Rahman Ravelli’s Aziz Rahman wrote an article examining their importance to the authorities and why they may come to be used fre...

Posted in: Cryptoassets and Cryptocurrencies. Freezing Orders.
Featured at: Lexology