Civil fraud and asset recovery


Our team reacts urgently to support insurers and their insureds in the investigation of fraud, insurance fraud and the tracing, preservation, and recovery of stolen monies worldwide.

We're experienced in all key procedural aspects in the tracing, preservation and recovery of stolen funds, including:

  • Regular appearances before the Court 37 urgent applications in London.
  • Norwich Pharmacal claims to compel disclosure of accounts and information by recipients of funds.
  • Freezing injunctions against people and entities in respect of their assets worldwide.
  • Civil fraud proceedings against suspected wrongdoers and conspirators.
  • Enforcement of civil fraud judgments domestically and overseas.

Our experience also extends to many other aspects of financial fraud and asset recovery, from search orders to the development of fraud prevention strategies.

Our experience

  • Acting for a Top 25 law firm and its insurers in the preservation and recovery of £1.4million stolen in a “Friday Fraud". We obtained a Freezing Injunction against “Persons Unknown” and pursued civil and criminal action in Turkey.

  • Acting for a public institution and its insurers in the investigation of a £1million employee fraud. We traced and recovered assets in the UK and US, created leading-edge law on obtaining Norwich Pharmacal disclosure orders against the police, and service by social media outside of the UK jurisdiction.

  • Acting for a music industry insured and its fidelity insurers in the recovery of sums stolen over a number of years. We traced and analysed via Norwich Pharmacal the disclosure of sums gambled away, with the potential to pursue recovery actions against a number of third parties.

  • Routinely acting for law firms and their insurers in urgently responding to “Friday Frauds” and “Dreamvar Frauds” (frauds generally ranging from £100,000 to £3million+). We seek the preservation and recovery of sums stolen, identify conspirators to fraud and investigate and recover assets via civil and/or criminal actions.

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Our team has streamlined processes tailored to our insurer clients, enabling us (and you) to deliver a swift and effective response to financial frauds against insureds.

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Our expertise

Insurance claims and disputes:

Accountants, auditors and insolvency practitioners
Brokers & intermediaries
Civil fraud and asset recovery
Construction risks
Contingency and A&H insurance
Cyber
Directors & officers
Employment disputes
Fine art, specie and jeweller’s block
Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs)
Intellectual property insurance disputes
Legal malpractice
Life & protection insurance
Managing general agents
Medical malpractice
Pension trustee liability
Personal injury
Political risk and trade credit insurance
Political violence, terrorism and war risk insurance
Professional disciplinary
Property
Technology disputes
Title indemnity insurance – real estate litigation

Corporate, commercial and finance:

Regulatory capital
Transactional liability

Meet our civil fraud and asset recovery team

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