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: financial remedy proceedings, offshore debt, Nigerian consent order, Court of Appeal, documentary evidence, 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
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: proceeds of crime, divorce, family law, enforcement, conduct, s.25 matrimonial causes act, matrimonial home, POCA
