Recent decisions in Singapore and New Zealand confirm that the courts are prepared to act to provide greater certainty and support to stakeholders in cryptoassets....more
5/28/2020
/ Algorithmic Trading ,
Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptoassets ,
Hackers ,
Liquidation ,
Mistake ,
New Zealand ,
Personal Property ,
Singapore ,
Trustees ,
Unilateral Modification
The High Court has determined that Bitcoin (and other similar cryptocurrencies) can be considered property under English law, and could be the subject of a proprietary injunction. The Court granted the injunction to assist an...more
2/12/2020
/ Bitcoin ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Federal Agency Taskforce ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Insurance Industry ,
Judicial Proceedings ,
Personal Property ,
Ransomware ,
Remedies ,
UK ,
UKJT
In Raffeisen Bank International AG v Asia Coal Energy Ventures Ltd & Ashurst LLP, the Court of Appeal distinguished the case of Conlon v Conlons Ltd, and provided a helpful analysis of the circumstances in which instructions...more
Connected and autonomous vehicles ("CAVs") are expected to become a reality on roads across modern economies in the near future. In 2018, the EU estimated that, provided a sufficient regulatory and enabling framework is in...more
1/23/2020
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Automotive Industry ,
Black Box ,
Connected Cars ,
Driverless Cars ,
European Commission ,
Germany ,
Insurer Liability ,
Joint Liability ,
Manufacturer Liability ,
NHTSA ,
Personal Liability ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK ,
United States
On 18 November 2019, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce published an authoritative statement on the legal status of cryptoassets and smart contracts under English law. This is a leading development for the legal, business and...more
London Technology Disputes -
A new adjudication procedure for the resolution of technology disputes is set to launch in October 2019.
The Society for Computers and Law ("SCL") announced in June 2019 that it is...more
In a long running group litigation between a number of Sub-Post Masters and Post Office Limited, Mr Justice Fraser, sitting in the English High Court, has given detailed consideration of the issue of relational contracts in...more
9/6/2019
/ Breach of Contract ,
Commercial Contracts ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Contract Terms ,
Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing ,
Good Faith ,
Implied Covenants ,
Joint Venture ,
Mining Contracts ,
Oil & Gas ,
Public Employees ,
UK
B2C2 Ltd v Quoine Pte Ltd [2019] SGHC(I) 03, a decision of Simon Thorley IJ sitting in the Singapore International Commercial Court, is one of the first instances to apply contractual principles and trust law to a...more
4/11/2019
/ Algorithmic Trading ,
Bitcoin ,
Breach of Contract ,
Breach of Trust ,
Contract Terms ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Damages ,
Ethereum ,
Mistake of Fact ,
Personal Property ,
Reversal ,
Securities Tokens ,
Singapore ,
Singapore International Commercial Court ,
Specific Performance ,
Trading Platforms
As the approach of Brexit draws inexorably closer, the continued lack of certainty around what any Brexit withdrawal deal will look like, or indeed whether a deal will be agreed at all, is causing increasing concern among the...more
1/16/2019
/ Breach of Contract ,
Contract Terms ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
EU ,
EU Single Market ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Litigation ,
Jurisdiction ,
Member State ,
No-Deal Brexit ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Relations ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
WTO