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Master blockchain forensics, cross-border asset recovery, and courtroom tactics to successfully litigate high-stakes digital currency disputes.
Cryptocurrency disputes are reshaping litigation practice in Australia, as courts, regulators, and practitioners grapple with the legal status, tracing challenges, and evidentiary complexities of digital assets. From fraud and insolvency to regulatory enforcement and family law property disputes, blockchain-based assets now feature across a wide range of contested proceedings.
This session provides a practical framework for navigating cryptocurrency litigation across civil, criminal, regulatory, insolvency, and family law contexts. It explores how digital assets are treated under Australian law, the procedural tools used to secure and trace assets - such as freezing orders and preliminary discovery- and the role of blockchain forensic evidence. Participants will gain insight into how courts assess expert testimony, how tracing is conducted across distributed ledgers, and how litigation strategy must adapt to the technical realities of Web3 and digital finance disputes.
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Managing Director | Captura Cyber
Garren Hamilton is a cryptocurrency and cybercrime investigations expert with more than 20 years of experience providing forensic analysis and expert witness testimony in civil and criminal litigation. He combines extensive law enforcement experience with academic teaching and technical expertise in digital investigations. He previously spent 25 years in law enforcement, where he led cybercrime investigative teams focused on financial crime, fraud detection, and digital asset tracing. He has since transitioned into expert witness work, providing forensic reports and courtroom testimony across multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Hong Kong. Garren also serves as a university lecturer in cybersecurity and has over 15 years of experience in professional training. His core areas of expertise include cryptocurrency tracing, blockchain fraud investigations, financial crime analysis, and the interpretation of complex digital asset transactions. He has authored more than 50 expert reports for litigation matters and is frequently engaged in cases involving cryptocurrency fraud, investment scams, and cross-border financial crime.