Asset Forfeiture & Civil Recovery

"Able and talented barristers"

Legal 500 [2022]

Barristers at Mountford Chambers have market-leading expertise in all aspects of restraint, confiscation, and forfeiture proceedings. Our highly experienced barristers routinely advise and appear on behalf of claimants, defendants and third parties in civil and criminal asset recovery cases.

Asset Forfeiture & Civil Recovery Barristers

At Mountford Chambers, our dedicated team of established and experienced barristers deliver high-quality advice and advocacy across a broad range of asset forfeiture and civil recovery matters, including:

Civil injunctions and criminal restraint, both claimant and defendant, including applications to vary and discharge restraint by defendants and third parties.
Dealing with applications for the appointment of receivers and resisting them.
Section 10A applications on behalf of third parties with an interest in confiscation proceedings including on a direct access basis where appropriate.
Resisting applications for property freezing injunctions and civil recovery under part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 [POCA].
Applying for and resisting Account Freezing and Account Forfeiture Orders [AFO] including on a direct access basis where appropriate.
Unexplained Wealth Orders [UWO].
Cross-border investigations and asset tracing, including claims in the KBD and Chancery Divisions of the High Court.