Julia Bihary
Associate
Julia Bihary is an associate in the Litigation Department with a focus on complex commercial litigation, arbitration, private wealth, trusts and charities disputes.
Her recent experience includes advising corporate clients, high-net-worth individuals, fund managers and charities in a variety of disputes including international arbitrations, commercial, contractual and professional negligence disputes.
Julia is a solicitor advocate with Higher Rights of Audience.
She is fluent in English, Hungarian and German.
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Who can be held responsible when a rogue actor directs payment from a company’s bank account? Unless discovered quickly, stolen funds are usually quickly spirited away from easy recovery. Victims of fraud therefore look for other sources of compensation, including the bank itself who executed the instruction. In England, when banks and financial institutions have … Continue Reading
Recent rule changes allow claimants full access to key English law mechanisms to discover the identity of defendants and location of assets, even where the wrongdoers and third parties are not based in England. This is highly relevant for victims of cyber-crime and crypto frauds.… Continue Reading
Mediation is globally recognized as an effective dispute resolution mechanism. A trained mediator can assist apparently diametrically opposed parties in finding a resolution that avoids the time and costs of court proceedings, especially fully contested and lengthy final hearings. Over 50 countries have signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation … Continue Reading
The choice of arbitration institution can arise at any point in an investment cycle: from finalising initial agreements at fund or portfolio company level, or on an ad hoc basis when a dispute arises. To help demystify some differences – this article sets out the key features of three commonly used international arbitration regimes that … Continue Reading
In the first two instalments of our series we examined the progress of English law to provide a secure and certain legal infrastructure for cryptoasset investment and management. In particular, we looked at how recent English case law has addressed the following questions: (1) Are cryptoassets property and (2) Can cryptoassets be held on trust? … Continue Reading
In the first part of this series of articles, we examined the progress of English law to shape and build an infrastructure to support the development of a secure and certain environment for investment in digital assets. We considered how recent English case law has addressed the questions of whether cryptoassets are property, and whether they can … Continue Reading
Sir Geoffrey Vos, the Master of the Rolls, wants English law to be at the forefront of developments relating to cryptoassets and smart contracts. In his thought-provoking foreword to the government-backed UK Jurisdictional Taskforce’s (UKJT) Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts, he explained that English law should aim to provide “much needed market confidence, legal certainty … Continue Reading
In the recent case of Kyla Shipping Co Ltd v Freight Trading Ltd [2022] EWHC 376 (Comm) the English Commercial Court rejected a claim to litigation privilege over preliminary investigations conducted by a party appointed expert on the basis that litigation in respect of the matter being investigated was not in reasonable prospect at the … Continue Reading
In the recent and significant Warren v DSG Retail Ltd [2021] EWHC 2168 (QB) decision the High Court in England clarified the limited circumstances in which claims for breach of confidence, misuse of private information and the tort of negligence might be advanced by individuals for compensation for distress relating to a cyber-security breach where the proposed … Continue Reading
Banks as Gatekeepers Against Fraud: Customer Protection and the So-Called Quincecare Duty in the UK
By Dorothy Murray, Julia Bihary and Hena M. Vora on Posted in Commercial Litigation, Litigation
A New Gateway Opens – More English Court Options for Victims of Overseas Fraud
By Dorothy Murray, Julia Bihary and Charles Bishop on Posted in Commercial Litigation, Litigation
SORT IT OUT! The English Courts Take a Step Towards Mandatory Mediation
By Julia Bihary, Charles Bishop and Dorothy Murray on Posted in Commercial Litigation, Litigation
Head-to-Head: Comparing Three Arbitration Regimes for US Based Asset Managers
By Julia Bihary and Alexis L. Namdar on Posted in International Arbitration, Litigation
From Cryptic to (Some) Clarity: English Law and Policy Rising to the Challenge of Cryptoassets (Part 3)
By Steven Baker and Julia Bihary on Posted in Commercial Litigation, Media and Technology
From Cryptic to (Some) Clarity: English Law and Policy Rising to the Challenge of Cryptoassets (Part 2)
By Julia Bihary and Steven Baker on Posted in Commercial Litigation, Media and Technology
From Cryptic to (Some) Clarity: English Law and Policy Rising to the Challenge of Cryptoassets (Part 1)
By Steven Baker and Julia Bihary on Posted in Commercial Litigation, Media and Technology
Ballast in Litigation Privilege: Commercial Court Finds No Privilege in Expert’s Investigations but No Waiver of Privilege in Solicitor’s Witness Statement
By Julia Bihary and Steven Baker on Posted in Commercial Litigation, Corporate Investigations, Experts, Litigation
English High Court Clarifies Appropriate Causes of Action in Data Claim Where Defendant Was a Victim of Third-Party Cyber-Attack
By Steven Baker, Vishnu V. Shankar and Julia Bihary on Posted in Privacy, Privacy & Data Security
