This webinar provides an overview of the UNIDROIT Principle on Digital Assets and Private Law, discusses varying definitions of digital assets and concepts such as control and possession, examines property law treatment of digital assets in different jurisdictions, as well as the creation of security interests over such assets, focusing on China and Singapore, with general reference to other common law and civil law jurisdictions.

Tackling the question of all questions, i.e., whether cryptoassets are property in the eyes of the law, Cryptoassets and Property Law (Singapore edition):

• considers evolving definitions that impact dealing in various forms of cryptoassets;
• delves into how the courts in Singapore are shaping the contours of case law in this largely unregulated space;
• analyses gaps in judicial responses and the existing statutory framework for treating cryptoassets as property; and
• puts forward options to better address those gaps.

Date of Publication: November 2022

Publication Format: PDF only

Access: PDF will be emailed to your email address registered with SAL separately. There is no download option.

Cryptoassets and Civil Procedure Law (Singapore edition) examines how Singapore’s civil procedure law responds to the advent of cryptoassets.

It is divided into 13 parts. Each part is dedicated to a problem that a party to a civil proceeding before the Singapore courts may face. The solution provided by Singapore’s civil procedure law is discussed, as well as an analysis of how well that solution responds to the advent of cryptoassets. Given the borderless nature of cryptoassets, this publication also discusses the enforcement or recognition of Singapore court judgments by the courts of foreign jurisdictions.

Date of Publication: February 2023

Publication Format: PDF only

Access: PDF will be emailed to your email address registered with SAL separately. There is no download option.