Aug 16, 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...
Jul 18, 2022 I trust you’ll look after my bitcoin By James Popperwell Ed Llewelyn-Evans Luke Chinniah The case of D’Aloia v Binance Holdings & Others [2022] EWHC 1723 (Ch) raises two important developments in the rapidly developing field...
May 30, 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...
May 23, 2022 Laughable that sanctions might not apply to crypto? It is according to this US judge By Neill Blundell Helen Harvey In a recently unsealed court document from the US, the judge quoted comedy show, Saturday Night Live, in support of his unequivocal...
Feb 14, 2022 The big freeze on crypto-assets: HMRC seizes its first ever NFT By Neill Blundell 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...
Feb 10, 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...
Dec 02, 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...
Aug 31, 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...