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Reform of the law on deeds: options for the Law Commission
This article deals with the proposals of the City of London Law Society (CLLS) Financial Law Committee to the Law Commission in connection with their review of the law on deeds, likely to be one of the projects in their 14th Programme of Law Reform. Proposals focus on resolving a number of issues related to the execution of deeds, including in the form of electronic documents, as well as resolution of some conflict of laws issues, clarification of when a deed is required and of the status of a “failed” deed.
1 MAR 2022Digital securities: where are we now?
In this article Dorothy Livingston looks at the conclusions of the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s third statement on the English law relating to digital assets, notes its limitations and indicates the areas that require further development to place English law at the forefront of legal systems chosen for new digital systems using DLT/Blockchain.
1 MAY 2023
