Abacha and Others v National Crime Agency: CA 19 Jul 2016

‘When considering an application to the Court to prohibit the dealing with or disposal of assets within the jurisdiction made by the National Crime Agency, at the request of the Central Authority of a friendly foreign state by way of Mutual Legal Assistance, what is the just balance to strike between the right of a respondent to such an application to inspect the request forming the jurisdictional basis of the Court’s power to grant the order and the general confidentiality of executive state to state communications? ‘

Judges:

Gross, Hamblen LJJ, ir Colin Rimer

Citations:

[2016] EWCA Civ 760, [2016] CP Rep 43, [2016] WLR(D) 408, [2016] WLR 4375, [2016] Lloyd’s Rep FC 497

Links:

Bailii, WLRD

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedZXC v Bloomberg Lp CA 15-May-2020
Privacy Expecation during police investigations
Appeal from a judgment finding that the Defendant had breached the Claimant’s privacy rights. He made an award of damages for the infraction of those rights and granted an injunction restraining Bloomberg from publishing information which further . .
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Criminal Practice

Updated: 23 November 2022; Ref: scu.567260