Chief Constable of Kent v V

Hearings

England & Wales

06 May 1982 [1983] QB 34; [1982] 3 WLR 462; [1982] 3 All ER 36, CA

Subject Matter

INJUNCTION — Detention or preservation of property — Proceeds of crime — Defendant's bank account — Police reasonably believing account to contain money fraudulently obtained — 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 — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 37(1)

[1983] QB 34; [1982] 3 WLR 462

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Injunctions in Support of the Criminal Law 37.20

Contents of a Freezing Injunction - Bank accounts 38.18