UK court allows complaint to be filed via NFT

Civil procedure rules in the UK previously allowed to serve lawsuits using Instagram, Facebook and a contact form on a website .

According to a notice published Tuesday by British law firm Giambrone & Partners, a case brought by Fabrizio D'Aloia against Binance Holdings, Poloniex, gate.io, OKX and Bitkub over allegations that someone operated an online brokerage of fraudulent clones resulted in a legal precedent offering a digital solution to serve someone. On June 24, the judge in charge of the case authorized the parties to be served by launching NFTs in wallets originally held by D'Aloia but stolen by anonymous people.

Until now, civil procedure rules in the UK have allowed suits to be served by personal service, by post, by filing at a physical address, or by fax or other of "electronic communication". However, the use of electronic methods to serve someone has generally been in cases where the parties have agreed to such delivery in advance, or a court authorizes it for a "good reason". According to Giambrone & Partners, these methods have included Instagram direct messages, Facebook messages and a contact form on a website.

“This order is a remarkable development in the field of service of court documents and a welcome example of a court embracing new technologies,” the law firm said. "This judgment paves the way for other victims of crypto-asset fraud to sue strangers who have misappropriated their cryptocurrency in situations where they otherwise could not."

Demetri Bezaines, Partner at Giambrone & Partners, added:

"I am convinced that this latest judgment using the NFT service has the potential to lead the way for digital service on the blockchain, with all the benefits of immutability and authentication, becoming standard practice at the future on legal issues related to the digital world [...] It is clear that this ...