12/6/2024 5:43:53 PM D'Aloia and beyond: What next for digital assets and the courts? By Ajay Fournillier Alix Pery This article is co-authored by Darragh Connell of Maitland Chambers who acted on behalf of Bitkub Online Co. Ltd (“Bitkub”) and...
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...
6/25/2024 11:48:43 AM Conquering Crypto: The Everest of Financial Fraud By Rebecca Hume Joel Leigh As part of London International Disputes Week, we hosted a panel discussion in conjunction with Kroll and Maitland Chambers, which...
5/15/2024 9:07:55 AM EVENT: London International Disputes Week 2024 By Lauren Hoffman Alongside our co-hosts 3VB, Brick Court and Kroll, Howard Kennedy's Commercial Dispute Resolution team are proud to be hosting three...
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...
9/26/2023 12:23:34 PM Can a 'person unknown' take active part in proceedings while maintaining anonymity? Persons Unknown v Wright [2023] EWHC 2292 (Ch) By Krisha Jethani Spoiler alert! "If a party was not prepared to name itself, it cannot participate in proceedings"[1], but we hope you are nevertheless...
5/23/2023 9:38:23 AM Highlights from Bloomberg's latest corporate governance survey of Crypto's upper echelon By Krisha Jethani Earlier this month, Bloomberg News published the findings of their survey of 60 major crypto companies. The survey was conducted between...
2/21/2023 12:25:07 PM Could software developers owe fiduciary duties to Bitcoin owners? A look at the decision in Tulip Trading Ltd v van der Laan & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 83 By Ajay Fournillier Birss LJ's leading judgment in Tulip Trading Ltd v van der Laan and Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 83 has opened the door to establishing...
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...
7/13/2022 8:30:43 AM The Art of Recovering Stolen NFTs – the Decision in Osbourne v Persons Unknown and another By Rebecca Hume The Commercial Court in Osbourne v Persons Unknown and another [1] has held for the first time that NFTs can, at least in principle, be...
11/24/2021 10:53:20 AM Tracing cryptoassets and their increasing role in insolvency portfolios By Rebecca Hume Cryptoassets are often the currency of choice for cyber criminals due to the anonymity, or pseudonymity, that they can offer the...