Practical Law

In Danisz v Persons Unknown and Huobi Global, the High Court granted the claimant (a Bitcoin-holder) an interim proprietary injunction against persons unknown and a cryptocurrency exchange, a worldwide freezing order against persons unknown, and a banker’s trust order against the cryptocurrency exchange, following a suspected cryptocurrency fraud. The case is similar to Ion Science Ltd … Continue reading Theft at the click of a mouse: English court grants injunctive relief to counter cryptocurrency fraud →

The flexibility of English common law has made it easy to establish the basic legal principles that apply to cryptocurrency as an asset. This blog post provides an overview of recent decisions that establish these principles, and considers what may be next for cryptocurrency and English law.