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Aug 10, 2022
Mr D’Aloia v Persons Unknown, Part 2: Exchanges as constructive trustees of misappropriated crypto assets
Our recent blog on D’Aloia v (1) Persons Unknown (2) Binance Holdings Limited & Others considered Mr Justice Trower’s decision to allow service...
Jul 28, 2022
Service by post, email, and now Non-Fungible Tokens: The English Courts open the door to service by NFTs
On 24 June 2022, the English courts made an order allowing for service by alternative means. Uniquely, and for the...
Jul 14, 2022
Crypto Asset Disputes: Case Update
Since our last update on cases involving crypto, there have been some important judgments handed down by the English courts in...
Jul 11, 2022
English courts are up to the challenge: Court of Appeal allows the Fundão Dam mass claim to proceed
In an important decision affecting mass litigation in England, in Município de Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 951 the...
Jul 4, 2022
Modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty: boon or bust for states seeking greater regulatory latitude on energy policy?
On 24 June 2022, following years of negotiations, the Contracting Parties of the Energy Charter Treaty ("ECT") reached an ‘agreement in principle’...
Jun 29, 2022
A special relationship: attempted service of a US company in the UK
Court confirms that service at the London office of another member of the same group as a California-based defendant did not constitute...