The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1983] QB 34
[COURT OF APPEAL]
CHIEF CONSTABLE OF KENT v. V. AND ANOTHER
1982 April 23;
May 6
May 6
Lord Denning M.R., Donaldson and Slade L.JJ.
Injunction
— Detention or preservation of property
— Proceeds of crime
— Defendant's bank account containing moneys police reasonably believed to have been obtained fraudulently
— Possibility of defendant dissipating moneys before trial
— Whether chief constable having locus standi to apply for injunction to freeze bank account
— Whether “just and convenient” to grant injunction
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Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54), s. 37 (1)