Litigation Notes

High Court refuses anti-suit injunction to restrain US s.1782 discovery application in relation to English libel proceedings

High Court considers application of gateways for service out of the jurisdiction to cryptoassets removed from the jurisdiction

Anti-suit injunction granted restraining proceedings in an EU member state

The Commercial Court has granted an anti-suit injunction restraining Belgian proceedings brought in breach of an exclusive English jurisdiction clause: …

Article published - Injunctions against “Persons Unknown”: uncertain territory

A recent High Court decision has highlighted a number of issues relating to injunctions against "Persons Unknown", and specifically the fact …

High Court grants freezing injunction in relation to stolen non-fungible tokens (NFTs)

Adding to the run of recent cases involving fraud or theft of cryptoassets, the High Court has granted an order restraining "persons unknown" from …

Privy Council restatement of the law on freezing and other interim injunctions

In a recent judgment, the Privy Council has delivered a “ground-breaking exposition of the law of injunctions” (in the words of the Master of the Rolls), …

High Court considers where cryptocurrencies are located and compels disclosure of information by cryptocurrency exchanges outside the UK

Two interesting decisions on freezing injunctions

Recent posts on our Civil Fraud and Asset Tracing Notes blog highlight two interesting decisions on freezing injunctions. In the first, the Court of …

Court of Appeal refuses injunction against defendant's solicitors who received claimant's confidential information when acting for previous opponent

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision refusing to grant an injunction to restrain a firm of solicitors acting for a defendant in circumstances where …

High Court finds evidence of without prejudice discussions should be admitted to establish real risk of dissipation of assets in support of freezing injunction

High Court grants proprietary injunction against Bitcoin exchange holding proceeds of ransomware attack

The High Court has held that cryptoassets (in this case Bitcoin) can be treated as property under English law. As such, the owner of a cryptoasset can, …

Court of Appeal overturns order permitting use of covert recordings to support claims in civil litigation before breach of confidence claim determined

A recent Court of Appeal decision illustrates the court's approach to the protection of confidential information, emphasising that the question of a …