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
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