United Kingdom unexplained wealth orderinterim freezing order

NCA v Baker

[2020] EWHC 822 (Admin)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice (Administrative Court)

Year2020

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Unexplained Wealth Orders and the supporting Interim Freezing Orders under Part 8 POCA 2002 will be discharged where the NCA's belief as to the source of the funds rests on unreliable assumptions and untested inferences, since the use of complex offshore corporate or trust structures is not, without more, a ground for inferring wrongful purpose.

Area of Law

General

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