Dispute Resolution and Litigation
You’re in a dispute in the British Virgin Islands. What you do in the first fortnight shapes what is recoverable later.
Information, not advice
This page is information, not legal advice about your matter. A retainer begins only when a lawyer confirms it.
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Save the evidence and check your deadlines
Documents, messages and any on-chain trail. The BVI Commercial Court is well used to asset tracing, and limitation periods decide what you can still bring.
What to work through, in order
Limitation periods
The Limitation Ordinance sets the periods, commonly six years for contract and tort, with different rules for fraud and latent damage.
Preserving evidence and freezing assets
The Commercial Court grants freezing injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal disclosure and appointment of receivers, and is experienced with offshore corporate structures.
Costs and funding
Costs follow the event, and security for costs is commonly ordered against foreign claimants. Third-party funding is permitted.
Recovery scams
Anyone who contacts you promising to recover your funds for an upfront fee is running a second scam against the same victim. No legitimate firm guarantees recovery, and no legitimate firm asks for payment in crypto to start.
Next steps
What happens if you go ahead
Scoping call
Written scope and fixed-fee quote
Engagement, once a lawyer confirms
Who would handle it
Offices
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