Smart contracts: can code ever be law?
Hoi Tak Leung, our Associate Editor for Hong Kong and China, takes a fresh look at smart contracts and when or whether they are enforceable….
Lawtech & Lawyers
Avoiding ‘Bizarre’ Consequences from Liability Caps
James Farrell and Sophie Jones give a full account of a recent Court of Appeal judgment and tease out the lessons to be taken from the dispute…
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Digital Ambition: HM Land Registry’s Digital Transformation Programme and the Path to Electronic Conveyancing and Registration
Richard Oliphant asks if the provision of HM Land Registry’s new digital services- using its own purpose-built PKI e-signature solution – can be augmented by partnerships with commercial e-signature platforms….
Is Singapore’s Digital transformation of the legal sector making progress?
Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore Associate Editor, reviews the progress of their 5 year plan for legal digital transformation…
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Fun with Processor Clauses
Ed Boal reflects on his early experiences of negotiating processor clauses in anticipation of the GDPR coming into force….
GDPR and the Obligation to Notify Infringing Instructions
Simon Lightman and Steven Farmer think that the ICO’s draft guidance leaves unanswered questions on a data processor’s obligation to notify infringing instructions…
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Cases Update October/November 2017
Note: This article was created for the printed magazine.
These are edited versions of some of the cases reported on the SCL site over recent months which are not covered by articles in this edition. Fuller reports are available on the SCL website….
Editorial October/November 2017
Laurence Eastham explains why he broke his own rules, reviews the latest issue and warns of a coming reckoning…
Data Protection: Controllers, Processors, Contracts, Liability – the ICO Draft Guidance
Kuan Hon offers a careful analysis and critique of the ICO draft guidance on contracts between controllers and processors…
New High Court Judgment on Limited Liability
The High Court has given judgment on preliminary issues affecting terms of a contract for IT services which sought to limit liability. The judge’s views on the limitation of liability clauses might tempt readers to tighten up their drafting….
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