UK court slaps Craig Wright with three-year legal restraining order
A UK court has issued Craig Wright with a General Civil Restraint Order (GCRO) that bars the self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto from filing any more legal claims in the UK without the High Court’s permission. That’s according to a judgment from Judge James Mellor released today, which approves applications from the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) and Jack Dorsey’s payments firm SquareUp. The order refers Wright to Richard Hermer, the UK’s Attorney General, who will consider whether he classifies as a “vexatious litigant” and merits an additional Civil Procedure Order (CPO) on top of his GCRO. Wright was also ordered to pay the £100,000 ($132,000) it cost COPA and SquareUp to file the applications. Craig Wright has pivoted to farming Read more: Craig Wright website still shows Satoshi notice despite court order expiring The GCRO prevents Wright from filing any civil claim with any county court or high court in the UK for three years without prior permissi...