Spousal and other third-party claims in civil recovery cases in the Magistrates' Court
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.
Sarah is an experienced and highly accomplished barrister who specialises in Proceeds of Crime & Asset Forfeiture, Business Crime, Private Prosecutions, and Financial Remedies cases in the Family Court involving high-value assets and complex financial arrangements.
She is known as the ‘go-to’ Barrister for cases involving both POCA and matrimonial finance. She is one of a handful of barristers with experience of dealing with cases where there are contemporaneous family financial proceedings and criminal POCA claims. Recognised in The Legal 500 (Tier 1) and Chambers & Partners (Tier 2) for her Confiscation & Asset Recovery work. Sarah is also recognised in Chambers & Partners for Financial Crime - Private Prosecutions. She was the Winner of The Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2023 for Financial Crime junior of the year.
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, quoting: 100482.
