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Chris Harvey is a partner at DLA Piper UK LLP. Email: chris.harvey@dlapiper.com 

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Court of Appeal upholds established principles to reject novel claim for crypto growth losses

In BSV Claims v Bittylicious [2025] EWCA Civ 661, the English Court of Appeal handed down a significant judgment on quantifying losses in cryptocurrency claims. In this In Practice article the authors summarise the decision and provide some practical takeaways.

28 JUL 2025

First Bankers Trust order against overseas cryptocurrency exchanges using new “gateway”

On 29 November 2022, Mr Justice Butcher handed down judgment in LMN v Bitflyer Holdings Inc. and others [2022] EWHC 2954 (Comm), which is the first successful Bankers Trust application against overseas cryptocurrency exchanges based on the new “disclosure gateway” for service out of the jurisdiction at CPR Practice Direction 6B §3.1(25).

1 FEB 2023