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Connor Yeates (a pseudonym) v. The King

Case No. M36/2026
Case information

Lower Court Judgment

26/11/2025 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Emerton P; Taylor and Kidd JJA) 

[2025] VSCA 288

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 (64.32 KB)
Documents
09/04/2026 Determination
17/04/2026 Notice of appeal
26/05/2026
Written submissions (Appellant) (724.58 KB)
26/05/2026
Chronology (Appellant) (511.94 KB)
23/06/2026
Written submissions (Respondent) (490.43 KB)
14/07/2026
Reply (Appellant) (539.92 KB)
14/08/2026 Hearing [2026] HCATrans 045 (Full Court, Canberra)
14/08/2026
Outline of oral argument (Appellant) (340.8 KB)
14/08/2026
Outline of oral argument (Respondent) (436 KB)

 

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