04.05.2022
Senior Associate Ilana Baines together with Partner Emma Brooks successfully defended an application to extend an Account Freezing Order, securing the return of over £730,000 to their client. Ilana and Emma were instructed by a Chinese national who was the subject of an Account Freezing Order pursuant to s.303Z1 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Following the submission of a lengthy and detailed witness statement appending 33 exhibits and written and oral submissions by counsel, Tom Godfrey of 23ES, the application to extend the Order by 6 months was refused by the court.
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