Court Documents
Key court judgments, orders, and proceedings involving Dr Craig Wright. Not comprehensive legal tracking — the intellectually significant writings.
22
Documents
907
Total Pages
15
Cases
6
Courts
Spanning 2018-12-27 to 2025-05-12. Document types: judgment (12), order (7), judgment_appendix (1), verdict (1), opinion (1).
Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright [2025] EWHC 1139 (Ch)
1 document | 22 pages
judgment
COPA v Wright - Civil Restraint Order
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
General Civil Restraint Order preventing Dr Wright from issuing new claims in the High Court or County Courts for three years (until March 2028) without court permission. Also referred his conduct to the Attorney General for consideration of a civil proceedings order. Ordered indemnity costs of GBP 100,000.
Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright [2024] EWHC 3315 (Ch)
1 document | 34 pages
judgment
COPA v Wright - Judgment on Liability for Contempt
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
Found Dr Wright in contempt of court on five separate grounds for issuing new proceedings (BL-2024-001495) in breach of the injunction granted in the consequentials judgment. Demonstrates the court's view that Wright continued to advance the Satoshi claim despite the identity issue ruling.
COPA v Wright (Sentencing)
1 document | 20 pages
judgment
COPA v Wright - Judgment on Sentencing for Contempt
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
Sentencing judgment for the five contempt findings. Addresses the appropriate penalty for breaching the court's injunction.
Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright [2024] EWHC 3135 (Ch)
1 document | 17 pages
judgment
COPA v Wright - Contempt Costs
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
Costs judgment relating to the contempt proceedings. Orders Dr Wright to pay interim costs of the contempt application.
Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright (Rev1) [2024] EWHC 1809 (Ch)
1 document | 64 pages
judgment
COPA v Wright - Consequentials and Form of Order
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
Consequentials judgment following the main identity issue trial. Deals with the form of declarations, injunctions, costs, and other relief flowing from the finding that Dr Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto.
McCormack v Wright [2024] EWHC 1735 (KB)
1 document | 25 pages
judgment
McCormack v Wright - Worldwide Freezing Order
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division
Worldwide Freezing Order application by McCormack to enforce costs orders against Wright. Addresses Wright's financial position and ability to pay court-ordered costs.
Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Craig Steven Wright [2024] EWHC 1198 (Ch)
2 documents | 381 pages
judgment
COPA v Wright - Main Judgment (Identity Issue)
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
The central judgment determining that Dr Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, did not create Bitcoin, did not author the Bitcoin White Paper, and did not create the initial versions of the Bitcoin software. Found extensive forgery of documents by Dr Wright. The most comprehensive judicial examination of the Satoshi Nakamoto identity question.
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COPA v Wright - Judgment Appendix (Schedule of Forgeries)
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
Detailed appendix setting out findings on each of COPA's pleaded forgery allegations. Documents the court's analysis of individual documents alleged to have been forged by Dr Wright.
COPA v Wright & Others [2023] EWHC 3287 (Ch)
1 document | 41 pages
judgment
COPA v Wright - Pre-Trial Review
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
Pre-trial review judgment setting out the structure for the joint trial of the Identity Issue. Addresses case management, evidence, and procedural matters ahead of the six-week trial.
Ira Kleiman v. Craig Wright, No. 22-11150 (11th Cir.)
1 document | 19 pages
opinion
Kleiman v Wright - 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion
Per Curiam (Eleventh Circuit) | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Eleventh Circuit affirmed the jury verdict and Judge Bloom's post-trial rulings. Upheld the $100 million conversion verdict in favor of W&K while affirming that Wright was not found to be in a partnership with David Kleiman. Found no reversible error in the trial court's lifting of the Reinhart sanctions or in evidentiary rulings.
Wright v McCormack [2023] EWCA Civ 892
1 document | 19 pages
judgment
Wright v McCormack - Court of Appeal (Damages Appeal)
Lord Justice Singh, Lady Justice Andrews, Lord Justice Warby | Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Court of Appeal dismissed Wright's appeal against the nominal damages award. Established that a claimant's dishonest exaggeration of a defamation claim can properly reduce damages to a nominal amount.
COPA v Wright [2023] EWHC 1900 (Ch)
1 document | 12 pages
judgment
COPA v Wright - Costs (July 2023)
Mr Justice Mellor | High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts, Intellectual Property List (ChD)
Early costs and case management judgment in the COPA proceedings.
Dr Craig Steven Wright & Ors v BTC Core & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 868
1 document | 27 pages
judgment
Wright v BTC Core - Court of Appeal (Permission to Appeal)
Court of Appeal | Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Related proceedings where Wright sued BTC Core developers and others. This Court of Appeal judgment addressed Wright's claims regarding copyright in the Bitcoin White Paper and related intellectual property claims against Bitcoin developers.
Wright v McCormack [2022] EWHC 3343 (KB)
1 document | 17 pages
judgment
Wright v McCormack - Consequentials (Damages and Costs)
Mr Justice Chamberlain | High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, Media and Communications List
Consequentials judgment following the main defamation trial. Addresses injunctive relief, permission to appeal, costs, and alleged breach of embargo on the draft judgment. Found Wright's original case on serious harm was deliberately false, resulting in nominal damages of GBP 1.
Kleiman v Wright, Case No. 18-cv-80176 (S.D. Fla.)
1 document | 10 pages
verdict
Kleiman v Wright - Jury Verdict Form
Jury | United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
The jury verdict form from the three-week trial. Found in favor of W&K Info Defense Research LLC on conversion claim and awarded $100 million in damages. Found in favor of Wright on all seven claims brought by Ira Kleiman personally and on five of six W&K claims.
Kleiman v Wright, Case No. 18-cv-80176-BLOOM/Reinhart (S.D. Fla.)
7 documents | 199 pages
order
Kleiman v Wright - Order on Motion to Dismiss
Judge Beth Bloom | United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
First substantive ruling in the Kleiman case. Granted in part and denied in part Wright's motion to dismiss. Established which claims (conversion, unjust enrichment, partnership/breach of fiduciary duty) could proceed to discovery and trial.
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Kleiman v Wright - Order on Objection to Magistrate Sanctions
Judge Beth Bloom | United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Judge Bloom's review of Magistrate Judge Reinhart's August 2019 sanctions order. Reversed most sanctions (which had deemed partnership facts established against Wright) as too severe, but upheld attorney fee sanctions. Allowed the key factual questions to be determined at trial by jury rather than as discovery sanctions.
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Kleiman v Wright - Order on Redactions
Judge Beth Bloom | United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Order on Wright's motion for redactions in sealed replies relating to Daubert motions and motions in limine. Addresses sealing of personal information about Wright.
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Kleiman v Wright - Omnibus Order on Summary Judgment
Judge Beth Bloom | United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Comprehensive 93-page order addressing both parties' summary judgment motions. Denied Wright's motion for summary judgment and granted in part Plaintiffs' motion on Wright's affirmative defenses. Covers subject matter jurisdiction, statute of limitations, oral partnership, fraud claims, estoppel, and unclean hands. Key document for understanding the legal theories in the case.
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Kleiman v Wright - Order on Judgment as a Matter of Law (JMOL)
Judge Beth Bloom | United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Denied Wright's motion for judgment as a matter of law during trial. Found sufficient evidence for jury to determine disputed factual issues including the existence of a partnership and conversion of intellectual property.
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Kleiman v Wright - Order on Motion for New Trial
Judge Beth Bloom | United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Denied the Kleiman Estate's motion for a new trial based on alleged violations of the order excluding sibling relationship evidence. The court found that while Wright's counsel improperly elicited some testimony about the Kleiman brothers' relationship, it did not rise to the level requiring a new trial.
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Kleiman v Wright - Report and Recommendation on Costs
Magistrate Judge Reinhart | United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Report and recommendation on the parties' cross-motions for costs following the $100 million jury verdict. Recommended granting both motions in part.