SCL Adjudication Procedure: Update and Launch Plans
A new adjudication procedure for the resolution of technology disputes in England & Wales…
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Lawtech & Lawyers
Dispute resolution in the era of big data and AI
Charlie Morgan and Rebecca Read give a brief overview of what artificial intelligence (AI) means, assess how process automation and machine learning is having an impact on dispute resolution and what things might look like in future….
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Non-UK digital service providers: Government issues consultation on post-Brexit regulation
The UK government has issued a call for views on the UK’s proposed approach to regulating non-UK based digital service providers operating in the UK under the NIS Regulations after the UK leaves the EU….
In Code we trust? Trustlessness and smart contracts
Mimi Zou, Grace Cheng and Marta Soria Heredia look at ‘trustlessness’ which they argue has given rise to a common misperception of smart contracts reducing or even eliminating the need for trust….
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BOOK REVIEW: An Introduction to Technology Law
Lucie Audibert, of Taylor Wessing, reviews a book that demonstrates that tech law is not a niche…
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Cloud and Other Digital Services Providers – Security & Incident Notification Obligations under the UK NIS Regulations, and GDPR comparison
Dr W Kuan Hon explains the impact of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018…
Time to get Technical? Revolutionizing the (Deplorable?) System of Internet Governance
This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
Is Software Goods, or even Property? A Recommendation for Sui Generis Categories
With the recent Court of Appeal decision in Computer Associates v The Software Incubator as a catalyst, Ken Moon embarks on a detailed analysis of the ‘software as goods’ debate and suggests a modern solution to problems arising from outdated classifications…
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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….
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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