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02 December 2016
Issue: 7725 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Costs

Ready Rentals Ltd v Ahmed and another; Crown Prosecution Service v Ahmed [2016] EWHC 1996 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 226 (Jul)

The Chancery Division held that a restraint order should be made against A that extended to his interest in the money in court as there were reasonable grounds to suspect that he had benefited from the alleged criminal conduct. However, an agreed amount should be paid out to Ready Rentals’ solicitors in respect of costs.

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