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In the recent English decision of Shovlin v Careless and Ors, concerned the enforcement in the English High Court of a default judgment granted against defendant companies...

The court has now reaffirmed its earlier decision by ordering the final winding up of the company.

The UK government has welcomed the Bri6sh Virgin Islands' commitment to crea6ng a publiclyaccessible register of company ownership by 2023.

This robust decision illustrates that even in cases alleging fraud and dishonesty, it may be possible to obtain summary judgment on the merits.

Authorised Push Payment ("APP") fraud, where victims are tricked into authorising payments to fraudsters, resulted in losses...

If a wrongdoer spends his ill-gotten gains, is the claimant effectively limited to recovering a maximum sum from a subject bank account?

Conyers represented successful Claimants before the BVI Commercial Court in Claim No. BVIHC (COM) 2017/086 King Bun Limited and Others v. Lau Man Sang, James and Others in recently...

As one of the anti-money laundering measures adopted in accordance with international standards, the government of the British Virgin Islands plans to create a public register of beneficial owners of companies registered there by 2023.

Once a serious economic criminal learns that most of his concealed wealth has been frozen in multiple jurisdictions; that raids to search for and seize his confidential accounting, company and trust records have taken place in numerous locations;

Written by Associate Nia Statham and Partner Shaun Reardon-John, this guide shares the legal asset recovery tools available for victims of cryptoasset fraud in the British Virgin Islands.

The issue of offshore jurisdictions and the role they play in the global economy has come under extreme scrutiny, especially from onshore governments seeking to increase tax revenues.

Disclosure orders constitute a very powerful weapon for the tracking down and recovery of assets.

The second major hire for Ogier in the last two months, the appointment of Nicholas Burkill takes the firm's global partnership to 52...

Norwich Pharmacal orders have long been a powerful tool employed in the BVI in aiding foreign proceedings.

Fairfield Sentry Limited was one of a number of feeder funds into the now infamous Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities LLC.

Until his arrest and subsequent imprisonment Bernard Madoff operated what is thought to have been the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.

At an appropriate stage in an investigation, consideration ought to be given to administering a polygraph examination of the principal target or other primary witnesses.