In Awolowo v Awolowo and Linksave Ventures [2025] EWCA Civ 641, the Court of Appeal issued a sharp correction to a first instance judgment, firmly rejecting the uncritical acceptance of a Nigerian consent order and casting serious doubt on the legitimacy of a...Read MoreTags: burden of proof, charging order, offshore structures, adverse inference, family law, legal strategy, paradigm family law, matrimonial home, WhatWouldAJudgeSay.com, cross-border divorce, international divorce, divorce assets, financial remedy proceedings, offshore debt, Nigerian consent order, Court of Appeal, documentary evidence
It’s Payback Time It sounds like a perfectly reasonable idea, taking money from criminal’s ill-gotten gain recovering their proceeds of crime. Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) provisions were enacted to make this possible. Criminal Funds Under POCA,...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, enforcement, conduct, s.25 matrimonial causes act, matrimonial home, POCA, proceeds of crime
