Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Law
In Jones v Persons Unknown [2022] EWHC 2543 (Comm), Nigel Cooper QC handed down the first final judgment on a claim to recover cryptoassets following a scam. While both the result and the reasoning may seem straightforward at first glance, a deeper analysis of the judgment reveals a concealed plethora of legal complications. This note critiques certain aspects of the court’s reasoning and examines the interesting issues that arise relating to property and title in cryptoassets.
View full article on SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4394820.
Co-authors: Timothy Chan (NUS Law) and Kelvin Low
Law Quarterly Review, Sweet and Maxwell, 2023, v. 139.