Freezing Orders Within English Divorce Proceedings

The financial discussions that take place as part of a divorce can be a calm process of transparent information-gathering followed by constructive discussions.

However, when emotions are raw, when fear and anger take over, or when the stakes are very high, there can be a temptation for the parties' involved to attempt to engage in underhand behaviour with a view to securing a perceived advantage.

In cases involving multiple jurisdictions, there is a heightened risk that an individual could move cash and liquid assets to a jurisdiction where English orders cannot easily be enforced – in what is often a clumsy attempt to render any eventual English court order ineffective (or at least make it difficult and expensive to enforce).