Bitcoin & Fiduciary Duties for Litigators

Introduction

This webinar is crucial due to the legal complexities of managing digital assets. Fiduciaries like trustees and investment advisors increasingly handle Bitcoin, while courts and regulators still define applicable duties. Litigators must understand breaches related to mismanagement, disclosure failures, and unauthorised trading.

By viewing this webinar, you will be better prepared to handle digital asset disputes, protect clients' investments, and leverage emerging legal trends.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Crypto assets as property under English law. The private key as independent property
• Tulip Trading and the software developers' fiduciary duties. Who else may owe fiduciary duties and to whom? What could be causes of action as against such persons in English law?
• How do people commonly get scammed in crypto?
• Taking legal action after being crypto scammed:
• Asset preservation via freezing injunctions or proprietary injunctions
• Orders of service
• Orders for delivery up
• Third Party disclosure orders
• Causes of action available to victims of crypto scams
• Regulatory frameworks and their development

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Thursday 14th August 2025

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