Have UWOs lived up to the hype?

Zoya Burbeza (+44 (0) 207 312 1000, info@zaiwalla.co.uk) is an international litigation and arbitration lawyer with Zaiwalla & Co. She has extensive experience of providing commercial legal services to clients from Russia, Ukraine and the CIS countries.

It is now more than 18 months since Unexpected Wealth Orders came into effect in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2018. While the level of media and public excitement about this legal tool was not immediately matched by a rush of enforcement activity, its use is likely to increase, comments Zoya Burbeza of Zaiwalla & Co.