Civil Restraint Orders - COPA v Wright
Author Satoshi Nakamoto P ublic Domain Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Chancery Division (Mr Justice Mellor) Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wrigh t [2025] EWHC 1139 (Ch) (12 May 2025) This was an application by Crypto Open Patent Alliance ("COPA") and SquaredUp Europe Ltd ("SquaredUp") for a General Civil Restraint Order ("GCRO") or, alternatively. an Extended Civil Restraint Order ("ECRO") against Dr Craig Steven Wright ("Dr Wright"). Para 4.2 (1(b) and (c) of Practice Direction 3C - Civil Restraint Orders provides that a GCRO made by a High Court judge restrains the party against whom it is made from issuing any claim or making any application without first obtaining the permission of the judge identified in the order. Para 3.2 (1) (b) and (c) of that practice direction provides that an ECRO made by a High Court judge restrains the party against whom it is made from issuing claims or making applications in the High Court...
