Now Available: Mareva and Anton Piller Preservation Orders in Canada, 2nd Edition
We are pleased to announce the release of Mareva and Anton Piller Preservation Orders in Canada, 2nd Edition, a practical, must-have resource for anyone working on cases that combat fraud.
Co-authored by McCarthy Tétrault partner Connor Bildfell and British Columbia Supreme Court Justice David A. Crerar, the book is a comprehensive survey of asset preservation orders (Mareva orders) and evidence preservation orders (Anton Piller orders), documenting everything from their judicial origins in the 1970s to their use before modern-day courts to combat alleged frauds involving blockchain and cryptocurrency. Written with the practitioner in mind, the book details the procedures and legal tests that are applied to secure the orders in all Canadian jurisdictions. It also includes draft orders counsel can use when preparing motions.
Mareva and Anton Piller orders are essential for counsel litigating civil cases involving allegations of financial misconduct. Mareva orders can freeze or preserve a defendant’s assets to prevent them from disappearing before a court can hear the plaintiff’s case. Anton Piller orders, often called “civil search warrants,” enable counsel to search a defendant’s property to secure and preserve documents and evidence.
These orders play a crucial role in the justice system. While a fraud can happen in a flash, litigation to undo the damage can unfold at a glacial pace. Or as the authors themselves put it, “Fraud is fire, and law is ice.” Technology advances are rapidly accelerating the capacity for malicious actors to commit fraud anonymously from anywhere in the world. Mareva and Anton Piller Preservation Orders in Canada demonstrates how the orders have the flexibility and adaptability to meet these fresh challenges to the legal system.
Mareva and Anton Piller Preservation Orders in Canada is now available for purchase from the University of Toronto Press website both in hard copy and as an eBook.
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