Bloomsbury Professional Law Insight - Cryptocurrency in Matrimonial Finance

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Description

This book explores the specialist area of cryptocurrency in the context of matrimonial finance proceedings. The work is split into two parts. The first part provides a comprehensive primer on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. It explains what cryptocurrencies are, how they are held by their owners, and how blockchain technology works. This part also considers the legal status and current regulatory treatment of cryptocurrency in England and Wales. The second part provides an overview of financial remedies and the distributive principles applied by the Family Court in matrimonial finance cases. It analyses the current case law on cryptocurrencies as a variety of 'property', before exploring issues that practitioners may face when encountering crypto-assets in litigation. This includes the challenges of valuing, tracing, and freezing cryptocurrency, as well as disclosure considerations. The work includes an overview of the principles relating to 'self-help' disclosure and associated criminal offences pursuant to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and the Data Protection Act 2018. It also contains a summary of HMRC's current guidance on the taxation of crypto-assets for individuals.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2. An Introduction to Cryptocurrency
a. Introduction
b. Types of cryptoassets
c. What is cryptocurrency?
d. Comparing transaction systems: 'traditional' finance v cryptocurrency
e. The legal status of cryptocurrency in the United Kingdom
f. Case study: the evolution of Bitcoin

3. Blockchain
a. Introduction
b. What is blockchain?
c. How blockchain works
d. The consensus mechanism
e. Advantages and disadvantages of blockchain
f. Applications of blockchain technology
g. Smart contracts
h. Non-Fungible Tokens

4. The Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
a. Introduction
b. Key players and key terms
c. Top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, USD Coin, BNB, Cardano, XRP, Binance USD, Solana, Dogecoin

5. Regulation of cryptocurrency in the United Kingdom
a. Introduction
b. The FCA regulatory perimeter
c. Financial regulation by category: security tokens, e-money tokens, exchange tokens, utility tokens, stablecoins
d. AML / CTF financing
e. Regulatory developments in the UK

6. Overview of financial remedies in matrimonial finance
a. Introduction
b. The Court's powers and statutory discretion
c. The distributive principles
d. Matrimonial and non-matrimonial property
e. Special contributions
f. Income
g. Summary

7. Cryptocurrency as a matrimonial asset
a. Are cryptocurrencies 'property' and why does it matter?
b. Are cryptocurrencies divisible?
c. Disclosure on Form E

8. Practical considerations in litigation
a. Introduction
b. Identifying and tracing cryptocurrency
c. Valuation of cryptocurrency
d. Disclosure, freezing orders, and preservation of devices
e. Self-help disclosure and associated criminal offences
f. Taxation

Product details

Published 28 Sep 2022
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 176
ISBN 9781526521408
Imprint Bloomsbury Professional
Dimensions 297 x 210 mm
Series Bloomsbury Professional Law Insights
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Dean Armstrong KC

Dean Armstrong KC is a barrister at Maitland Chamb…

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Marc Samuels

Marc Samuels is a barrister at 36 Family. Marc spe…

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