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TDN's latest podcast is a pacey rundown on the state of play in crypto litigation. Sam Roberts of Cooke, Young & Keidan is joined by Sam Goodman of Twenty Essex, Helen Pugh of Outer Temple Chambers and Nicola McKinney of Quillon Law to tackle the following hot topics: The latest on injunctions, Persons Unknown cases, service out of the jurisdiction and enforcement (spoiler alert: Sam Goodman talks about his own cases)Everything else going on in crypto litigation (Helen co...

TDN's latest podcast is a discussion between Sam Roberts of Cooke, Young & Keidan and Matt McGhee of Twenty Essex about the second edition of Matt’s book, A Practical Guide to Cyber Fraud Litigation. In this unscripted conversation, Sam and Matt cover: The new service gateways and whether the distinction between Bankers Trust and Norwich Pharmacal orders is now a thing of the pastWhy victims of fraud are increasingly looking to “recover their chickens” from financial institutio...

TDN's latest podcast is a discussion between Sam Roberts of Cooke, Young & Keidan and Stephen Houseman QC of Essex Court Chambers, who, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the London Circuit Commercial Court, gave judgment on the recent crypto case, Wang v Darby.In this unscripted conversation, Sam and Stephen cover: Stephen's career and current area of focus in his commercial practiceTips for aspiring advocates in the dark art of persuading judges, from the perspective of someone who has s...

TDN's latest podcast is a discussion between Sam Roberts of Cooke, Young & Keidan and Michael Jacobs of Locke Lord on the extent to which the law is still a useful guide to interpreting issues like ownership and possession on the blockchain. In this unscripted conversation, Sam and Michael cover: What a recent example of blockchain performance art has to say about ownership on the blockchainWhether buyers of NFTs ought to read the codified 'small print' of smart contractsThe pos...

TDN's latest podcast is a discussion between Sam Roberts of Cooke, Young & Keidan and Lizzie Williams of Harbottle & Lewis on the intersection between smart contracts and the law. In this unscripted interview, Sam and Lizzie cover: Whether “code is law” or whether the law has the final wordFlash loans, recent flash loan ‘attacks’ and whether victims might have any recourseMistake in the context of smart contracts and whether the conclusions of the Singaporean courts i...

We are pleased to announce the latest podcast, which is on the topic of the recent Supreme Court decision in Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd [2021] UKSC 29.This was a much-publicised decision and may well be familiar to many TDN members. It was much anticipated in certain sectors, following a controversial decision in the Court of Appeal. The issues it decided were threefold: (1) whether an employer only has a right to liquidated damages if the contractor completes the wo...