25 Sep, 2023 Money laundering: cryptoassets, promotions and the proceeds of crime By Lorna Emson Max Hobbs Last Thursday, we published an article highlighting some recent, more unusual, money laundering schemes. We encouraged organisations to...
24 Feb, 2023 New frontiers of English law: UKJT publishes legal statement on digital securities By Sapheen Meran Thomas Gawda In our last post, we discussed the United Kingdom Jurisdictional Task Force's (UKJT) consultation on the issuance and transfer of digital...
23 Jan, 2023 New frontiers of English law: the UKJT’s public consultation on the issuance and transfer of digital securities By Sapheen Meran Thomas Gawda Established in 2019 to support the digital transformation of the UK legal sector, the United Kingdom Jurisdictional Task Force (UKJT)’s...
16 Aug, 2022 Cryptocurrencies meet class actions: investors take aim at cryptocurrency exchanges By Lorna Emson Luke Chinniah Sheila Dines The most recent in a flurry of proposed class action proceedings brought before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal is a £9.9bn claim...
18 Jul, 2022 I trust you’ll look after my bitcoin By James Popperwell Luke Chinniah The case of D’Aloia v Binance Holdings & Others [2022] EWHC 1723 (Ch) raises two important developments in the rapidly developing field...
31 May, 2022 To probate and beyond: the digitalisation of private client law By Elizabeth Doherty Jacob Ward Riley Forson The 2020/1 Covid-19 lockdowns caused a revolution in the use of technology even in the most traditional areas. Two recent developments...
30 May, 2022 The (un)regulated world of cryptocurrency: UK Government to recognise "stablecoins" By Lorna Emson Sheila Dines Since December 2021, UK organisations have been providing welcome safeguards for consumers dabbling in the unregulated world of...
23 May, 2022 Laughable that sanctions might not apply to crypto? It is according to this US judge By Helen Harvey In a recently unsealed court document from the US, the judge quoted comedy show, Saturday Night Live, in support of his unequivocal...
14 Feb, 2022 The big freeze on crypto-assets: HMRC seizes its first ever NFT By James Reid HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced its first ever seizure of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as part of a £1.4m VAT fraud...
10 Feb, 2022 The unregulated world of cryptocurrency: ASA clamps down on Crypto.com By Lorna Emson Sheila Dines The Council of the Advertising Standards Authority (the ASA Council) has clamped down on Crypto.com (a payment and cryptocurrency trading...
02 Dec, 2021 English law, how smart! English legal system ready to take on smart contract disputes without new legislation By James Popperwell Luke Chinniah The Law Commission has recently published advice to the Government concluding that English common law is sufficiently flexible to deal...
31 Aug, 2021 English courts confirm extensive remedies available for victims of cryptocurrency fraud By Emma Cohen James Popperwell Nikolas Ireland As the use of cryptocurrencies by investors continues to grow so too does the opportunity for fraud in the cryptocurrency sector. In the...
11 Jul, 2019 Patchwork of digital taxes intensifies By Rhiannon Kinghall Were The UK's push forward with its own Digital Service Tax (DST) intensifies following publication of the draft legislation that will bring...