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Case Update: Singapore Court Grants Persons Unknown Injunction to Freeze Cryptocurrency

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The Singapore High Court case in CLM v CLN and others [2022] SGHC 46 is the first reported Singapore decision on the grant of an injunction against persons unknown to freeze cryptocurrency.

The court granted the injunction over the stolen cryptocurrency of approximately 109 bitcoins (BTC) (approximately more than RM17 million in value based on current price of 1 BTC to ~RM160,000) and 1,497 ether (ETH) tokens (approximately more than RM16 million in value based on current 1 ETH to ~RM11,000). Continue reading →

Case Update: Proprietary Injunction against Bitcoins Held by Persons Unknown

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In the English High Court case of Mr Dollar Bill Limited v Persons Unknown and two others [2021] EWHC 2718 (Ch), the Court granted a proprietary injunction against approximately 3.7 bitcoins (approximately GBP 105,000) and certain discovery orders against the two cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Huobi. Continue reading →

Speaking at the Fraud Litigator’s Toolkit Webinar

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My colleagues and I are speaking at this free webinar open to the public. The seminar titled The Fraud Litigator’s Toolkit is on Wednesday 14 July 2021 from 3pm to 4.30pm.

You may register here.

Barrister Chambers Takes Out Persons Unknown Injunction against Hackers

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The barrister chambers of 4 New Square have obtained a persons unknown injunction against the unknown hackers who engaged in a cyber-attack on them on 12 June 2021. See this article from the UK Law Society Gazette.

It seems that these unknown hackers managed to hack into the computer system. It may be a case where data was stolen and the hackers are threatening to release the stolen data. Continue reading →

Recent Cases in Fraud Litigation: Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore

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I will be one of the speakers for the webinar on Recent Cases in Civil Fraud Litigation: Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore on Thursday 10 June 2021.

It is the first jointly organised webinar by the Bar Council Malaysia and the Law Society of Singapore. This is a free webinar but only open to members of the Malaysian Bar and to the members of the Law Society of Singapore.

The brochure is here and with registration for Malaysian Bar members here. Continue reading →

Spartacus Order: Self Identification Order against Persons Unknown

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A self-identification order, otherwise known as a Spartacus order, is an order to compel the unknown defendant to identify himself and provide an address of service.

In the ongoing case of Zschimmer & Schwarz v Persons Unknown, Ong Chee Kwan JC in the High Court granted Malaysia’s first-ever Spartacus order recently . You can access the grounds of judgment dated 13 February 2021 for the grant of the Spartacus order. Continue reading →