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Case information
Lower Court Judgment
26/11/2025 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Emerton P; Taylor and Kidd JJA)
Catchwords
Criminal Law – charge of theft – allegation that appellant dishonestly appropriated Bitcoin belonging to another – interlocutory ruling - whether Bitcoin property for the purposes of the Crimes Act 1958 – whether Bitcoin mere information – whether Bitcoin exhibits characteristics of property identified in National Provincial Bank Ltd v Ainsworth [1965] UKHL 1; [1965] AC 1175 – whether Bitcoin intangible property other than chose in action
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August 2026
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Documents
| 09/04/2026 | Determination |
| 17/04/2026 | Notice of appeal |
| 26/05/2026 |
Written submissions (Appellant)
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| 26/05/2026 |
Chronology (Appellant)
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| 23/06/2026 |
Written submissions (Respondent)
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| 14/07/2026 |
Reply (Appellant)
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| 14/08/2026 | Hearing [2026] HCATrans 045 (Full Court, Canberra) |
| 14/08/2026 |
Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
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| 14/08/2026 |
Case recording