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Can you bring a civil claim to recover monies paid under blackmail?

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Published on: 15 July 2016
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In conducting our Research we have focussed on the civil claims that might exist but we have also considered civil claims by the National Crime Agency (NCA) (or Serious Fraud Office (SFO)) just in case as well as Blackmail in the criminal context.

A civil claim can be pursued in restitution for wrongful acts, which would include criminal acts see Practice Note: Restitution for wrongful acts. As indicated in that Practice Note, this tends to be the more common form of civil claim for underlying wrongful acts than pursuing a claim in unjust enrichment (where it would be necessary to establish all the elements of a claim in unjust

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What does Blackmail mean?

Blackmail is any unwarranted demand with menaces.

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