‘Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice, delivered the keynote speech on Wednesday 12 March to the LawTech UK Conference 2025.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 12th March 2025
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Computer scientist Dr Craig Wright has been ordered to pay £225,000 in legal costs by a judge after he was found to have “improperly used AI” in a failed bid to appeal against a High Court ruling that he is not the founder of Bitcoin.’
The Independent, 6th March 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A recent High Court of England and Wales decision highlights the speed at which the law is continuing to evolve and must continue to, so that it can properly deal with digital assets such as cryptocurrency, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th January 2025
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The High Court has dismissed a claim against Newport City Council concerning the ownership of a hard drive containing the password to a Bitcoin wallet worth more than £600m that was said to have been left in error at a landfill site, after finding “no reasonable grounds for bringing the case”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th January 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A computer expert’s decade-long battle to recover a £600m bitcoin fortune he says has been lost in a council dump has been halted by a judge.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Proposals by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority will directly affect the way in which e-money firms handle customer funds prior to and during an insolvency process.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th December 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A multi-billion-dollar money laundering operation that formed when UK gangs were struggling to offload cash during lockdown has been uncovered by the National Crime Agency.’
BBC News, 4th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man trying to recover a Bitcoin hard drive in a landfill site which he says is now worth about £600m is “seeking to bribe the council”, it has been claimed in court. Newport council has asked a High Court judge to strike out a claim by James Howells, who is attempting to sue the local authority to gain access to the site or get £495m in compensation.’
BBC News, 3rd December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Britain’s Gambling Commission is to prosecute Sorare, a multibillion-pound company that makes a fantasy football game promoted by the Premier League, for providing unlicensed gambling.’
The Guardian, 26th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Tech-savvy owners of Bitcoin and other digital assets will benefit from greater legal protection thanks to an important clarification to the law.’
Ministry of Justice, 11th September 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘A recent High Court of England and Wales decision shows that the English courts are willing to interpret procedural service rules under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) pragmatically to facilitate justice for victims of crypto fraud, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th September 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The potential consequences of breaching voluntary requirements agreed with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have been brought into sharp focus with recent enforcement action taken by the regulator, experts in financial regulation have said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th August 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Information in and of itself would not attract property rights under proposed reforms to property law in England and Wales, the body recommending such reform has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has made an overseas funder’s compliance with key parts of the Association of Litigation Funders’ code of conduct a condition of granting a collective proceedings order.’
Legal Futures, 7th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Two men who stole more than £5.7m worth of cryptocurrency from victims all over the world have been jailed.’
BBC News, 7th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘After receiving Royal Assent in October 2023 the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 is moving forward with the recent publishing of the draft guidance required by section 204 of the Act, advising on the procedures that companies can put in place to prevent persons associated with them from committing fraud offences contrary to section 199.’
Mountford Chambers, 24th April 2024
Source: www.mountfordchambers.com
‘English insolvency law is “entirely capable of convenient and sensible application to disputes concerning digital assets”, an expert panel has declared.’
Legal Futures, 24th April 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A recent case involving the seizure of over £2 billion worth of bitcoin in the UK highlights the crucial role professionals in the financial and legal sectors can play in preventing money laundering, a financial crime expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd March 2024
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘A former takeaway worker found with Bitcoin worth more than £2bn has been convicted at Southwark Crown Court of a crime linked to money laundering.’
BBC News, 20th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Dr Craig Wright was accused of “forgery on an industrial scale” in a case that ended yesterday when the High Court ruled he is not the inventor of bitcoin. The judge found his adversaries’ evidence “overwhelming.”’
Law Society's Gazette, 15th March 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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