Assisting a Foreign Jurisdiction in the Restraint Of Assets (Names Withheld) – Forensic Investigators

 

We were asked by a party in a foreign jurisdiction to assist it in resisting an application for the variation of existing restraint orders. The party needed to determine whether all assets had been disclosed by the persons seeking the variation and/or whether there might be hidden assets.

 

We were also asked to critically review if there had been a deliberate and exorbitant dissipation of non-restrained funds. 

 

The work was challenging, in part because of the incompleteness of information readily available and with the difficulties in accessing private information. We needed to identify what public and private material might be relevant to the matters under review. 

 

Our analysis of the historic spending patterns and the reasonableness of claims for expenses was provided in a form that was readily comprehensible to the foreign court. The matter was resolved to the satisfaction of the foreign jurisdiction.