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Worldwide Mareva Injunction

A Worldwide Mareva Injunction is an internationally binding court order, which freezes assets so that a party cannot move or manipulate them to be beyond the jurisdiction of a certain court. It is named after the case in which it was first authorised.

A Worldwide Mareva Injunction is often used to prevent a defendant from secreting assets out of a court’s jurisdiction as soon as a claim is served. Aimed usually at a specific defendant, and not attached to assets themselves, the injunction is enforced by the contempt powers of a court.

As you might imagine, Worldwide Mareva Injunctions are typically obtained without notice to the other party as tipping off the defendant may cause the movement of the relevant assets before the court can issue an injunction

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