Disclosure: A Guide To Seeking Norwich Pharmacal Orders

A Norwich Pharmacal Order (NPO) is a disclosure order which allows information to be obtained from third parties who have become 'mixed up' in wrongdoing, helping individuals to investigate, pursue those ultimately responsible and (hopefully) recover their losses.

NPOs are often used where a victim of wrongdoing does not know the identity of the wrongdoer but can point to a third party who has this information. They can also be used to trace assets and obtain other information needed by the victim to put together its case against the wrongdoer.

Such orders can be made when it is necessary to do justice, whether against a third party to an action or potential action, or a person who is a potential party to an action but is not yet because none has been instituted. They are not a tool to be used for the purposes of a "fishing expedition".