Tag Archives: disputeresolution

Closing the Open Justice gap by widening public access to court documents

By Christian Toms on Posted in Banking, Contracts and Agreements, Crypto-Assets, Dispute Resolution, Fraud and Financial Crime
Since 1 January 2026, a two-year pilot is now running in the English Commercial Court (including the London Circuit Commercial Court) and the Financial List which changes how public access to court documents works. If you are involved in litigation in these courts, documents used or referred to in public hearings during the Pilot period … Continue Reading

The Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 – Why It Matters

By Christian Toms on Posted in Contracts and Agreements, Crypto-Assets, Dispute Resolution, Fraud and Financial Crime, Regulation
On 2 December 2025, the Property (Digital Assets etc) Act 2025 (the “2025 Act”) came into force. The Act confirms that digital assets can attract personal property rights even though they fall outside traditional classifications. The Act is deliberately short, leaving the development of this new category of personal property, and the rights that may … Continue Reading

APP fraud – might banks have a “retrieval duty” ?

By Christian Toms on Posted in Banking, Dispute Resolution, Fraud and Financial Crime
Following on from our Blog post and article from November of last year that looked at the potential liabilities of banks and related parties in the context of authorised push payment (“APP”) frauds, the recent decision of Master Brown in CCP Graduate School Ltd v National Westminster Bank PLC & Anor [2024] EWHC 581 (KB) … Continue Reading

Anatomy of a fraud series – Powers afforded by search and imaging orders

By Christian Toms on Posted in Dispute Resolution, Fraud and Financial Crime, Investigations
Search orders Search orders are a form of interim, mandatory injunction which require a respondent to allow the applicant’s representatives to enter the respondent’s premises and search for, copy and remove documents or material for the purpose of preserving evidence and/or property which is or may be subject to an action.  Search orders are, therefore, … Continue Reading
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