UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 25.11 Freezing order

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 25.11

25.11 Freezing order

(cf Federal Court Rules Order 25A, rule 2)

(1) The court may make an order (a
"freezing order" ), upon or without notice to a respondent, for the purpose of preventing the frustration or inhibition of the court's process by seeking to meet a danger that a judgment or prospective judgment of the court will be wholly or partly unsatisfied.

(2) A freezing order may be an order restraining a respondent from removing any assets located in or outside Australia or from disposing of, dealing with, or diminishing the value of, those assets.