Has the Law Commission got it wrong regarding a ‘new, third type of property asset’? Written by Dr. Stephen Castell, founder of e-Expert Witness.com

Source: Law Commission.gov.uk

My analysis is that, yes, the Law Commission (LC), in its final report on Digital Assets of 28 June 2023, which includes the LC’s law reform recommendations to HM Government, has indeed got it wrong. There is good stuff in the LC’s report, but the part that it has got worryingly and fundamentally wrong concerns the apparent …