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COMPELLING THE INNOCENT: NORWICH PHARMACAL RELIEF IN THE BVI

Norwich Pharmacal relief can be a key, strategic tool to assist litigants with early-stage investigation where a BVI company is involved in “wrongdoing” that is the subject of ongoing or prospective litigation either in the BVI or abroad.

A Norwich Pharmacal disclosure order in the BVI is typically made against the registered agent of a “wrongdoer” BVI company, unbeknownst to the company itself, compelling the registered agent to provide information and documentation on the company’s directors, shareholders, ultimate beneficial owners and/or assets. It is a flexible remedy but it typically enables an applicant party to obtain disclosure to identify the protagonists controlling the “wrongdoer” BVI company and details of its assets necessary in order to pursue their claim or to enforce and execute a judgment.