Litigation Notes

High Court orders delivery up of stolen Bitcoin against crypto exchange

The High Court held, on an uncontested summary judgment application, that the crypto exchange controlling the wallet into which the claimant's stolen …

Court of Appeal considers when director liable as accessory to a tort committed by a company

Freezing orders brought onto the blockchain and service of proceedings via NFTs

How to navigate the Autonomy judgment: guidance for corporate issuers defending Section 90A / Schedule 10A FSMA shareholder claims

The High Court has handed down its long-awaited judgment in the US$5 billion civil fraud action brought by the Hewlett Packard group in connection with …

High Court finds developers did not owe duty to cryptoasset owners to enable access to lost cryptoassets

The High Court has held that cryptoasset systems and software developers did not owe a duty to cryptoasset owners to permit or enable access to the …

Supreme Court finds in favour of right to privacy for those subject to criminal investigation

The Supreme Court has confirmed that an individual who is the subject of a criminal investigation will, in general, have a reasonable expectation of …

High Court finds no duty owed to investors by barrister advising scheme promoter

In a decision handed down this morning, the High Court has found that a tax QC who had prepared opinions for the promoter of film finance tax schemes did …

Article published - Lloyd v Google: the upshot for data class actions

The exponential growth in the volume of data being collected and shared, along with the ease and reduced costs of gathering, analysing, using and …

High Court considers the requirement for “awareness” in implied misrepresentation claims

The High Court has refused an application to strike out or summarily dismiss a claim for fraudulent misrepresentation in the group litigation against …

Claimants “substantially succeed” in the largest ever English civil fraud trial

The High Court has published a summary of its findings on liability in the long-running USD$5 billion civil fraud action brought by the Hewlett Packard …

Court of Appeal rejects novel argument that fraud victims should give credit for the “time value” of cash received as part of a fraudulent transaction

In the context of a claim brought by the victim of a fraud against the perpetrator, seeking damages for consequential loss of investment opportunity in …

Webinar: Transnational torts and parent company liability

The English court has seen numerous mass tort claims brought by large groups of claimants against UK companies, often in the energy or extractive …