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Cryptoasset Fraud and Recovery - Disclosure and Constructive Trusteeship Through Knowledge / Assistance: The (Financial) Empire Strikes Back

Cryptoasset Fraud and Recovery - Disclosure and Constructive Trusteeship Through Knowledge / Assistance: The (Financial) Empire Strikes Back

Since His Honour Judge Pelling KC (sitting as a judge of the High Court) was persuaded to make, amongst other orders, without notice Bankers Trust Orders against two Binance entities in 2021[[1]] requiring them to disclose their Know Your Customer details of those alleged to have committed a fraud

Cryptocurrency and Taxation

Cryptocurrency and Taxation

This blog post aims to highlight some of the tax considerations in ‘crypto cases’. It hopefully acts as a complementary piece to the article by Ben Fearnley which provides a comprehensive overview of what cryptoassets are, how they are held and the particular issues of cryptoassets when they arise in

Cryptocurrency and the Family Courts – Some International Experiences

Cryptocurrency and the Family Courts – Some International Experiences

Executive summary Millions of people around the globe have funds in cryptocurrencies, with billions of dollars now invested. The nature of these funds is invariably secretive and non-national based. They present distinctive challenges for family courts around the world in ascertaining what are the overall assets in order to produce

Crypto – Update

Crypto – Update

The Law Commission’s work on digital assets continues. In my blog post from 14 November 2022 I referenced the closing of the consultation period on the Law Commission’s paper ‘Digital Assets’, led by Professor Sarah Green. The paper itself is a prodigious piece of work and made some

Cryptoassets – Disarray and Definition

Cryptoassets – Disarray and Definition

This has been another interesting week in the world of crypto. The markets are currently in disarray following the exchange FTX filing for bankruptcy as its connected token (FTT) dropped from USD$22 to USD$2 over just two days. Investors are no doubt extremely concerned as to whether they

Cryptoassets – Still an Enigma?

Cryptoassets – Still an Enigma?

or Alice and Bob’s Adventures in Cryptoland: understanding the basics of crypto – a roadmap for the uninitiated As at October 2022, the time of writing this article, the market capital of Bitcoin is US$400 billion, down from a high of US$870 billion just last year. Despite the

Family Law Using Crypto Service?

Family Law Using Crypto Service?

Executive summary England and Wales as a jurisdiction has been at the cutting-edge of using technology for the benefit of the justice system. The High Court in civil proceedings has just allowed service of proceedings via a non-fungible token (NFT). When and in what circumstances might that be appropriate in