McCourt, Hazel Kim, Trustee for civil recovery on behalf of the national Crime Agency and [1] Aurang Zeb Khan [2] Shakar Begum
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Mr Simpson KC sitting as HCJ |
| Judgment Date | 21 February 2020 |
| Neutral Citation | [2020] NICh 3 |
| Court | Chancery Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 21 February 2020 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2020] NICh 3
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: SIM11203
Delivered: 21/02/2020
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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2017 No. 83965
CHANCERY DIVISION
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BETWEEN:
HAZEL KIM McCOURT, TRUSTEE FOR CIVIL RECOVERY
ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY
Plaintiff:
-and-
[1] AURANG ZEB KHAN
[2] SHAKAR BEGUM
Defendants:
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SIMPSON J
[1] This is an application by the plaintiff for an order for possession of a dwelling
house. Mr Bernard Brady QC appeared for the plaintiff; Mr Matthew Corkey of
counsel appeared for the defendants. I am grateful to both for their helpful skeleton
arguments and succinct and cogent submissions.
[2] The plaintiff is the Trustee for Civil Recovery on behalf of the National Crime
Agency, having been appointed under a Civil Recovery Order. That Order was
made on 20 January 2017 in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice
in England and Wales by O’Farrell J. Permission was granted by Colton J on 12th
April 2017 for that Order (“the Order”) to be registered against the present
defendants in this jurisdiction, and it was so registered on that date.
[3] The Order declared that a number of properties (2 in this jurisdiction; 2 in
Birmingham) were “recoverable property within the meaning of Part 5 of the
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”)”. One of the properties identified in the
Order is situated at 11 Marlo Heights, Bangor, County Down (hereafter “the
property”). The Order further recited that the property “shall immediately vest in
the Trustee pursuant to section 266(2) of POCA upon the making of this Order.”
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