Macfarlanes

To obtain a freezing injunction, one of the factors an applicant must prove is that there is a real risk that the respondent will...

As the use of cryptocurrencies by investors continues to grow so too does the opportunity for fraud in the cryptocurrency sector. In the...

The Law Commission has recently published advice to the Government concluding that English common law is sufficiently flexible to deal...

The Council of the Advertising Standards Authority (the ASA Council) has clamped down on Crypto.com (a payment and cryptocurrency trading...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced its first ever seizure of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as part of a £1.4m VAT fraud...

In its recent judgment in RBS v JP SPC 4 & another [2022] UKPC 18 the Privy Council has provided an important insight into the scope of...

In a recently unsealed court document from the US, the judge quoted comedy show, Saturday Night Live, in support of his unequivocal...

Since December 2021, UK organisations have been providing welcome safeguards for consumers dabbling in the unregulated world of...

The 2020/1 Covid-19 lockdowns caused a revolution in the use of technology even in the most traditional areas. Two recent developments...

Following the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022’s expedited passage through Parliament in March 2022, the Office of...

The Quincecare duty has made the news once again. We recently commented on RBS v JP SPC 4 & another [2022] UKPC 18 and Philipp v Barclays...

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 (“Section 1782”), US federal district courts may order parties based in the US to provide evidence for “use in a...

On 29 June 2022, the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force, a multi-national group aimed at seizing or freezing the...

The case of D’Aloia v Binance Holdings & Others [2022] EWHC 1723 (Ch) raises two important developments in the rapidly developing field...

On 3 August, the UK Government announced the launch of the Public Sector Fraud Authority (the Authority), a new body tasked with tackling...

The most recent in a flurry of proposed class action proceedings brought before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal is a £9.9bn claim...