Observations on the UK Law Commission s Call for Evidence on
Smart Contracts
Introduction
In November 2019, the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce
( UKJT ), a subsidiary of the UK s LawTech Delivery
Panel, published a Legal Statement on the Status of Cryptoassets
and Smart Contracts (the Legal Statement ). In our
previous article entitled UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Publishes
Legal Statement on Status of Cryptoassets and Smart
Contracts Observations from Ireland , we discussed the
Legal Statement with reference both to its statements and its
potential implications for those in Ireland with an interest in its
subject matter.
1 Following the publication of
the Legal Statement, the UK Government asked the Law Commission of