In an interview with City Solicitor magazine, Matthew Allan considers prospective shifts in the regulation of cryptocurrency, the impact of NFTs on the art market and how to enforce your crypto rights.
On 6 April 2021, the 127th Practice Direction came into force which included amendments to the on-going Disclosure Pilot Scheme. We consider the key changes and whether they address the concerns raised so far by Court users.
The Digital Dispute Resolution Rules can be used by parties to smart contracts and other technology-based agreements can use to resolve disputes out of court. We consider what the rules cover, what they do not, and potential future developments.
When enforcing English judgments overseas, it is important to carefully weigh the respective benefits of default and summary judgment, and the most obvious option may not always be the best.
Last week, the European Commission launched legal action against AstraZeneca for not respecting its vaccine supply contract. We discuss what the published and leaked documents tell us about the issues likely to play out in the litigation.
Over the past few weeks Non-Fungible Tokens (“NFTs”) have upended the traditional art market. We consider what NFTs are, how they work and the issues arising from attempts to capitalise on them.
The recent case of Investohills Vesta v Petergrow & Ors presented the Courts with an opportunity to apply enthusiasm about remote hearings to the swearing of affidavits.
Last week the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it was ending its bribery and corruption investigation into Kellogg Brown & Root Limited (“KBR Ltd”), a UK subsidiary of American engineering conglomerate KBR, Inc.