{"id":118,"date":"2023-02-28T12:08:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T16:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/?p=118"},"modified":"2025-04-03T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T18:55:11","slug":"osbourne-v-persons-unknown-ors-2023-high-court-judgment-handed-down-in-highly-anticipated-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/2023\/02\/28\/osbourne-v-persons-unknown-ors-2023-high-court-judgment-handed-down-in-highly-anticipated-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Osbourne v Persons Unknown &amp; Ors [2023]: High Court Judgment Handed Down in Highly Anticipated Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A highly anticipated judgment has been passed down from the High Court, allowing for service via Non-Fungible Token (NFT) on a defendant as the sole means of service.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bailii.org\/ew\/cases\/EWHC\/KB\/2023\/340.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Osbourne v Persons Unknown &amp; Ors<\/em>\u00a0[2023] EWHC 340 (KB)<\/a>\u00a0concerns Ms. Lavinia Osbourne, who sought to restrict the movement of two NFTs, which were misappropriated from her cryptoasset wallet in 2022. In the judgment, Mr Healy-Pratt (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) expanded on the comments made by Lavender J in his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bailii.org\/ew\/cases\/EWHC\/KB\/2023\/39.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0January 2023 judgment<\/a>\u00a0relating to the same case.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full text of this post by Duane Morris&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/charlyncruz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlyn Cruz<\/a> and Sam Laycock, please <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/london\/2023\/02\/28\/high-court-judgment-handed-down-in-highly-anticipated-case-osbourne-v-persons-unknown-ors-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the <em>Duane Morris London Blog<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> The content provided is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. While our law firm has substantial experience in cryptocurrency law and regulation, we do not offer investment advice or opinions on cryptocurrency as an investment. Consult a financial advisor before investing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A highly anticipated judgment has been passed down from the High Court, allowing for service via Non-Fungible Token (NFT) on a defendant as the sole means of service.\u00a0Osbourne v Persons Unknown &amp; Ors\u00a0[2023] EWHC 340 (KB)\u00a0concerns Ms. Lavinia Osbourne, who sought to restrict the movement of two NFTs, which were misappropriated from her cryptoasset wallet &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/2023\/02\/28\/osbourne-v-persons-unknown-ors-2023-high-court-judgment-handed-down-in-highly-anticipated-case\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Osbourne v Persons Unknown &amp; Ors [2023]: High Court Judgment Handed Down in Highly Anticipated Case&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[52,34,29],"ppma_author":[12],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-charlyn-cruz","tag-nfts","tag-uk"],"authors":[{"term_id":12,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/fintech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}