Craig Wright fails to appeal UK ruling in Bitcoin case

Craig Wright has not filed an appeal against his UK court verdict despite two online accounts under his name claiming he had.

Wright had 21 days to ask the UK appellate courts for permission to appeal after injunctions were imposed on him on July 16. This made the deadline August 5, midnight.

The UK’s Judicial Office has since confirmed to Protos that Wright hasn’t submitted an appeal. Indeed, the UK’s Justice case tracker for civil appeals also shows no sign of an appeal from Wright.

The office noted that an appeal could still be filed if Wright submits an application for an extension of time.

Two accounts on X and Slack claiming to be Wright said that he had indeed planned to file an appeal on August 5 and that he’d submitted the relevant filing.

Screenshot shared by @Arthur_van_Pelt from the Craig Wright Slack channel claiming an appeal was filed.

The X account in question shared the body of text Wright is legally obligated to post following injunctions from the court, suggesting it may indeed be his. Justice Judge Mellor also ruled these notices should be shared on his Slack channels where the appeal claim was made.

This may suggest that the accounts are run by Wright or on his behalf, meaning it’s likely he’s lied about any appeal filings.

Third appeal failure from Craig Wright

Wright has also abandoned an appeal in Norway against the bitcoin influencer Hodlonaut following the 2024 UK ruling. Hodlonaut sued Wright in Norway before Wright could sue him for libel in the UK first.

Another appeal Wright made in 2022 in response to the Peter McCormack defamation verdict was also rejected. In this instance, Wright was awarded £1 in damages despite winning his lawsuit, as the judge deemed he had brought a “deliberately false case.”

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On July 16, Wright was also referred to the Crown Prosecution Service to determine if he committed perjury. The courts admitted in this filing that they still don’t know where he is.

They said that evidence suggested he could be anywhere from Southeast Asia, including Cambodia and Thailand, to Siberia, China, or Mongolia.

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