Amanda Lees, Suraj Sajnani and Sarah Jones look at a recent Singapore Court decision which determined that cryptocurrency is property. Introduction On 25 July 2023, the Singapore High Court handed down its decision in the case of ByBit Fintech Limited v Ho Kai Xin and...
Urszula McCormack and Leonie Tear set out the steps to take to manage the case no company wants to encounter: being held to ransom in a cyber attack. Finding out that customer data has been hacked, exfiltrated and is being held to ransom by an unknown threat actor is...
On 13 May 2022 the High Court did not monkey around when granting an urgent injunction against a legendary Bored Ape NFT. The High Court has now published its reasoning (Janesh s/o Rajkumar v Unknown Person (“CHEFPIERRE”) [2022] SGHC 264). In its ground breaking...
From 1 December 2021, a claimant can make an application for summary judgment in Hong Kong High Court and District Court cases, notwithstanding an allegation of fraud. What is summary judgment, and how summary is it anyway? In short, a summary judgment application...
Over the past two years, I’ve seen an alarmingly high number of clients come to us as victims of cyber-fraud. The modus operandi can vary greatly. Examples of Cyber Fraud Here are some examples we have seen: Example 1: Email instructions from a “senior executive” of...