Commercial Litigation

Can fraudsters close the gateway to England and Wales by dissipating to persons and places unknown? Osbourne v Persons Unknown

The decision in Osbourne v (1) Persons Unknown Category A and others has, despite granting the relief sought by the claimant, raised some doubts about cryptoasset recovery where additional relief is sought against subsequent recipients of stolen cryptoassets whose connection to the jurisdiction is less established than that of persons who first stole them.