‘English Court Recognises Bitcoin as Property’

“A recent case, AA v Persons Unknown and Others, re Bitcoin, involved a proprietary injunction application over Bitcoin to the English Commercial Court. A proprietary injunction stops a person from dealing with assets in which the claimant has a proprietary interest. A proprietary injunction is therefore particularly effective if the applicant can show that there is an arguable case that all of the plaintiff’s assets belong to him or her …” (more)

[Tech Law Blog, 17 April]

[The case referred to is AA v Persons Unknown who demanded bitcoin on 10th and 11th October 2019, and Others [2019] EWHC 3556 (Comm) (13 December 2019)]

First posted 2020-04-17 11:41:24

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