4/29/2025 9:07:24 AM Banks Beware: Derivative action used against payment service provider in APP fraud case By Robyn Watson The question of the application of the Quincecare duty, has once again come before the English courts. As well as building on the...
1/29/2025 3:09:02 PM Fraud & Bitcoin: Ex-Takeaway Worker ordered to pay back £3.1m after money laundering conviction By Rebecca Hume Seized bitcoin worth £5bn could fill black hole in public finances The recent case involving a former takeaway worker who was ordered to...
10/28/2024 12:24:41 PM Reflecting on Tunabond By Luke Barden de Lacroix Three months on from the handing down of the judgment in the "Tunabond" case, we reflect on the outcome of the trial and consider some...
9/18/2024 3:45:28 PM Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill introduced into Parliament - what this means for owners of digital assets. By Rebecca Hume The UK government has moved a step closer to clarifying the status of cryptocurrency through the introduction of the Property (Digital...
9/3/2024 2:37:42 PM Navigating Justice in the Crypto Realm: The UK's Pioneering Approach By Rufus Scholefield Rebecca Hume The popularity of cryptocurrencies shows no sign of wavering; however, the anonymous nature of many cryptocurrencies makes them...
3/19/2024 1:04:04 PM Has the court now made the Wright decision on Bitcoin's inventor? By Rebecca Hume Following a 6-week trial in the High Court, a judge has ruled that Dr Craig Wright is not the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, nor the...
2/19/2024 9:37:32 AM All is not as it seems: Companies House scam targets restauranteurs By Robyn Watson You may well have heard about Heston Blumenthal's 'Meat Fruit', you may even have tried it. This is a dish he created that does an...
11/20/2023 4:40:48 PM Court dismisses final claims against Howard Kennedy's client in Mozambique v Credit Suisse "Tuna bond" mega-trial By Luke Barden de Lacroix The Commercial Court has dismissed the last remaining claim against Howard Kennedy's client in the trial between the Republic of...
9/12/2023 3:29:39 PM Where now for victims of APP fraud: the Supreme Court's decision in Philipp By Robyn Watson Earlier this summer, the much-anticipated Supreme Court judgment in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC [2023] UKSC 25 put paid to the idea...
2/6/2023 2:27:04 PM Citizens in the Spotlight: Manchester City vs The Premier League in an early Monday kick-off. By Joel Leigh Financial Fair Play rules (FFP) have been an imperative cog in the footballing governance machine for almost two decades, not only...
1/31/2023 3:16:36 PM The impact of Russian sanctions on litigation: application dismissed by Commercial Court By Robyn Watson The High Court has dismissed an application for a stay of proceedings based upon the imposition of sanctions against a claimant in...
1/13/2023 5:32:44 PM The New 'Gateway' Used to Grant Information Orders Against Cryptocurrency Exchanges in LMN v Bitflyer Holdings Inc. & others [2022] EWHC 2954 (Comm) By Rebecca Hume There is now a string of English case law that demonstrates the courts' willingness to assist victims of cryptoasset theft. The courts...