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Cryptoassets, consumers and foreign arbitration

20 March 2024 / Author(s): Scott Ralston
Issue: July-August 2022 / Categories: Feature

This article considers Soleymani v Nifty Gateway LLC [2022] EWHC 773 (Comm) (Soleymani) in which the High Court held it had no jurisdiction and granted a stay under s 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996) of proceedings brought by an English consumer primarily to enforce his rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA 2015).

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