Cyber

What happens if the owner of Bitcoin loses their private key? (And is the owner really the owner?) The courts recently grappled with this perplexing question, as Malcolm Dowden and Owen Afriye, of Squire Patton Boggs, explain in this week’s NLJ

Simon Davison, Michael Goodwin QC & Tom Davies investigate the growing problem of crypto fraud

As the use of cryptoassets has soared around the globe, so has cryptocurrency fraud. Consequently, regulation and law enforcement frameworks are likely to be expanded to take account of this developing risk, according to Simon Davison, a director of investigations at security consultancy AnotherDay, and Red Lion Chambers barristers Tom Davies and Michael Goodwin QC

Non-fungible tokens (NFT) have been recognised as property by the High Court, in a landmark case

Non-fungible tokens (NFT) have been recognised as property by the High Court, in a landmark case

A tool to help law firms assess the cybersecurity arrangements of the chambers whose barristers they instruct has been launched by the Bar Council and Law Society

The UK courts have been exploring the limits of litigation brought by or on behalf of data subjects where there has been unlawful transmission or disclosure of personal data: Fergus McCombie of 36 Commercial surveys the state of play

How do the courts treat low-level data protection claims, inadvertent leaks, and third-party access to personal data? 

Litigation concerning cryptoassets and smart contracts is ‘increasing significantly’, the Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos has revealed

Law firm gunnercooke has become the first major UK law firm to officially accept payment in cryptoassets such as Ethereum (Ether) and Bitcoin