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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

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20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

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28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Contact

Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

15/02/2023

UKJT issues legal statement on digital securities

Today, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (UKJT) of LawtechUK has published a legal statement on the issuance and transfer of digital securities under English private law. It is a significant development in the field of cryptocurrency and related digital trading technology.

The statement has been co-authored by Lawrence Akka KC and Sam Goodman, together with David Quest KC, Matthew Lavy and Richard Hay.

The statement finds that the existing framework of English law supports the transfer and issue of securities using blockchain or distributed ledger technology. It highlights the benefits of the inherent flexibility of English law, which readily adapts to changing commercial needs in the digital economy.

The UKJT is one of six taskforces created by the LawTech Delivery Panel, a body established by the UK Government, the Judiciary and the Law Society in order to promote the use of technology in the UK’s legal sector. The taskforce’s first statement, on the status of cryptoassets and smart contracts under English law, was published in 2021.

Download the 2023 statement via the LawTech UK website.

Relevant members
Lawrence Akka KC Sam Goodman
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