UKJT Report on Control of Digital Assets published

On 19 March 2026, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (chaired by Sir Geoffrey Vos MR) published its Report on Control of Digital Assets.  The Report was prepared by a panel of lawyers and technological experts led by Sir Antony Zacaroli, which included David Quest KC.  Judy Fu served as the lead drafter of the Report.

This work follows the Law Commission’s Final Report on Digital Assets, in which it recommended that an expert panel be convened to help explain and report on the complex and evolving ways in which factual control can be exercised over digital assets.  The UKJT was invited by the Lord Chancellor to convene such a panel.  The Report serves as a practical explanatory guide targeted at a non-technical audience, to help refine their technical understanding of digital assets so as to apply that understanding to legal analyses.  It offers the judiciary and court users an explanation of foundational technical concepts underlying the digital assets economy, and common use cases which are considered likely to arise in a disputes context (including direct, multi-party, smart contract-based, delegated, and layered forms of control).

The Report is available to download here: Report on Control of Digital Assets – LawtechUK : LawtechUK