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Spousal and other third-party claims in civil recovery cases in the Magistrates Court

Date:18 AUG 2025
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Sarah Wood, Barrister, 5 SAH

Sarah Wood, a barrister specialising in financial remedy and POCA proceedings, looks at the oft-overlooked interplay between POCA civil claims and financial remedy proceedings.  She provides practical guidance to assist those who are instructed to act on behalf of a party within financial remedy proceedings who may wish to assert a third party claim to the assets that are subject to the POCA claim and highlights the difference between the POCA civil regime and criminal confiscation proceedings.


The full article has published in the August issue of Family Law.  Find out more or request a free 1-week trial of Family Law journal. Please quote: 100482


Read the full article here.