Blockchain: From Theory to Practice
Sue McLean takes a careful look at a series of common questions that arise, and are likely to arise with increasing frequency, where support is sought from practitioners on a blockchain project…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Issues in Global Sourcing Transactions
Mike Pierides, Sarah Atkinson and Dan Coen cover the basic, and crucial, issues that need to be considered when multi-jurisdictional outsourcing contracts are in contemplation…
European Commission’s Internal Task Force on FinTech
Pearse Ryan and Robert Cain highlight the role of an EU task force and the issues it is likely to address…
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Trust me, I’m a computer
Manish Soni sheds some light on a vital area – trusted computing – which underpins our computing and which few IT lawyers understand…
Facebook, Illegality and the E-commerce Directive
In light of the judgment in CG v Facebook in the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal, Professor Lorna Woods asks: when is Facebook liable for illegal content under the E-commerce Directive?…
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Freedom of Movement
Laurence Eastham offers a cautionary tale about the monitoring of movements…
Most Exponential Law Firms 2025
An entertaining and insightful article from Rohit Talwar and Alexandra Whittington, as they look ahead to a very different law firm environment in 2025. Their stories from the future might just motivate you in the present….
Commission Proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation
The European Commission’s draft Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications has now been published. The Commission’s stated aim is to reinforce trust and security in the Digital Single Market by updating the legal framework on ePrivacy….
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What Happened to My Contract?
Alex Charlton QC, Matthew Lavy and Gideon Shirazi review the effect of recent Court of Appeal decisions on a common contract clause that seeks to prevent variations to contractual terms outside the specified change control procedure…
Filling the Evidence Gap: A Case for the Internet of Things?
Malcolm Dowden and Alastair Mitton suggest a specific application of the IoT that might help in dispute resolution…
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