3 Verulam Buildings is known for being the ‘chambers with expertise covering the full breadth and depth of legal issues arising in relation to crypto assets,’ including cyber fraud, litigation and arbitration, freezing injunctions and e-money regulation. David Quest KC has technical and legal experience in cryptoassets, alongside being a lead author of the UKJT Digital Dispute Resolution Rules. Chloë Bell has represented the claimant in a jurisdiction challenge brought by the Kraken cyrptocurrency exchange in Checketkin v Payward Limited.
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- 'Very good Clerks - Richard Ansell and Robert Croke are excellent.'
- 'The clerks are strong, and good to deal with. Stuart Pullum and Stephen Penson deserve particular mention.'
- 'Very good Chambers with great counsel.'
- 'It is an excellent outfit.'
- 'They have some really good people in this specialist field.'
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