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Civil fraud and asset recovery

Civil fraud and asset recovery constitutes a substantial portion of the work undertaken by Chambers, and is a fast growing practice area. The Chancery and equity background of many members makes them ideally placed to deal with breaches of fiduciary duty, interim relief (injunctions/freezing orders) and tracing which all lie at the heart of civil fraud cases.

We are recognised as a leading set in both Chancery and commercial work.  Civil fraud straddles both divisions and accordingly both aspects of the work carried out by our set. Furthermore, we have developed strong links with firms in the BVI and Cayman Islands and members undertake civil fraud work in those jurisdictions. The in depth trust law knowledge of many members of Chambers has been invaluable in the exercise of unwinding many of the opaque and complex structures designed by the modern fraudster to hide assets as well as assisting claimants to obtain speedy protection for misappropriated property.

Recent cases include:

  • His Royal Highness Prince Jefri Bolkiah v The State of Brunei Darrussalam and Anr
  • NATIXIS v. West LB AG & Ors
  • Masood v Zahoor
  • PNC Telecom plc v Thomas

The directories say:

Geoffrey Vos QC is recommended as a leading silk for civil fraud in the Legal 500.

Barristers specialising in this area: