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Blockchain offers the law “enormous opportunities”
Thursday, 24 October 2019The buzz around distributed ledger technology, including blockchain, is much more than hype and the tech will eventually transform conveyancing and probate, a leading academic has indicated.
Tags: blockchain
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Digital conveyancing used to market high-value commercial property
Monday, 24 June 2019The march of blockchain-backed property transactions accelerated this week when a high-value commercial building went on the market with online execution offered by a digital estate agent.
Tags: blockchain, conveyancing
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Blockchain trial “has potential to transform property market”
Friday, 5 April 2019The use of blockchain software in the end-to-end conveyancing process came a step closer when a worldwide trial involving leading law firms and banks cut transactions from months to weeks.
Tags: blockchain, conveyancing
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Legal Technology – the future of legal services
Wednesday, 5 December 2018One way of viewing the current legal services market is that the legal profession is locked in a race to the death with non-qualified providers, tempted by the lucrative chunk of legal work that is not reserved to qualified lawyers and which forms a big part of their income.
Tags: blockchain, Lawtech, Legal AI, legal chatbots, legal tech, legal technology, Robot Lawyers
Posted in Features
Investment and blockchain fuel digital legal giants’ expansion
Friday, 7 September 2018A major developer of contract review AI software has raised $50m in investment from venture capitalists, while Rocket Lawyer is to introduce blockchain security.
Tags: artificial intelligence, blockchain
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Blockchain and AI “could underpin” future law firms
Monday, 13 August 2018A future where law firms are ‘distributed entities’ based on blockchain and smart contracts and lawyers will add value by being trusted advisers assisted by AI.
Tags: blockchain, machine learning
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Project to make smart contracts mainstream grows, as top firms burnish tech credentials
Tuesday, 10 April 2018Smart contracts in cross-border commerce moved a step closer to the mainstream this week when three City law firm giants joined a project that is seeking to create global legal standards for blockchain-backed transactions. We also report on firms’ technology training moves and a knowledge transfer partnership between a law firm and university.
Tags: blockchain, smart contracts
Posted in Latest news, Technology
First digital mortgage added to Land Register as blockchain conveyancer adopts AI
Thursday, 5 April 2018The first digital mortgage deed was entered into the Land Register today following collaboration and testing with Coventry Building Society and Enact Conveyancing. Meanwhile, an online property sales platform that uses the blockchain to record property transactions has adopted artificial intelligence in its auction process.
Tags: artificial intelligence, blockchain
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Legal input “needed after blockchain”, says fintech solicitor in wake of pioneering deal
Wednesday, 7 March 2018Lawyers will be vital to high-end fintech deals even after blockchain transactions become mainstream, according to a solicitor at the forefront of innovating with cutting-edge technology. He was speaking after helping to secure a pioneering use of the distributed ledger to transfer financial securities.
Tags: blockchain
Posted in Latest news, Technology
Legal infrastructure behind blockchain contracts takes shape
Friday, 9 February 2018The English lawyer behind a bid to provide legal backing to deals involving both the virtual world of blockchain and real world commerce, has forecast that in a decade most global trade will be governed by arbitration agreements coupled with smart contracts.
Tags: blockchain, smart contracts
Posted in Latest news, Technology
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Keeping the conversation going beyond Pride Month
As I reflect on all the celebrations of Pride Month 2024, I ask myself why there remains hesitancy amongst LGBTQ+ staff members about when it comes to being open about their identity in the workplace.
Third-party managed accounts: Your key questions answered
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has given strong indications that it is headed towards greater restrictions on law firms when it comes to handling client money.
Understanding vicarious trauma in the legal workplace
Vicarious trauma can happen to anyone who works with clients who have experienced trauma such as domestic or other violence, child abuse, sexual assault, torture or being a refugee.
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