EU court allows account-freeze courts to consider foreign blocking laws
The European Court of Justice ruled that national courts assessing requests to freeze a debtor’s accounts may consider the debtor’s past conduct and laws that could obstruct enforcement in another member state. The case concerned an Austrian player’s €62,878 gambling losses on Mr Green’s platform between 2017 and 2019; the court said a blocking law alone cannot establish a real risk.
The ruling shapes how courts assess cross-border asset-freezing requests involving gambling operators.