Sentences with phrase «obtain civil recoveries»

The SFO's powers to obtain civil recoveries in relation to the proceeds of crime are relatively new.

Sexual Assault Civil Recovery: Ms. Sedney is also involved in working with victims of sexual assault / discrimination to obtain civil recovery.

Not exact matches

The small - business owner has avoided the expense of civil proceedings to obtain the judgment and can hire professionals to collect the civil judgment for a percentage of the recovery, saving the victim out - of - pocket collection expenses.

In this case, however, the SFO took unprecedented action in obtaining (with the consent of Balfour Beatty) a Civil Recovery Order (CRO).

Our expertise in the pursuit and defence of civil fraud claims, particularly in the commercial context, extends from the early advisory stages and the obtaining (or resisting) of urgent freezing and search order relief (including dealing with the cross-jurisdictional issues that may arise and enforcement through applications for contempt and other measures), through to trial and the tracing and recovery of assets both in the UK and internationally.

Whether the conditions for the making of a disclosure order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 existed or did not exist was essentially a question of fact, the question being whether there were «reasonable grounds for believing» that the material relied upon by the Serious Organised Crime Agency was likely to be of substantial value and that it was in the public interest that the material should be produced or that access to it should be given having regard to: (a) the benefit likely to accrue to the civil recovery investigation if the material was obtained; and (b) the circumstances under which the person concerned had any of the material in his possession, power or control (criteria (a) and (b)-RRB-.

In order for accident victims to obtain the recovery they deserve, they will need to file their own civil lawsuit.

• The Real Estate Recovery Fund exists to reimburse any person who has obtained a final civil judgment against a Pennsylvania real estate licensee owing to fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit in a real estate transaction and who has been unable to collect the judgment after exhausting all legal and equitable remedies.