Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) became law in the UK in January 2018 as part of the Criminal Finances Act 2017. It is a court order compelling an individual to reveal the source or sources of their ‘unexplained wealth’. The first use of a UWO in the UK hit the headlines recently. As the National Crime Agency (NCA) looks […]
Financial remedies in the Family Court and the impact of criminal proceedings
Circumstances can arise whereby there is something of an interaction between proceedings in the Crown Court and financial remedy proceedings being pursued in the family Courts. This can prove problematical if for example a restraint or confiscation order is imposed by the Crown Court, usually under the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 […]
