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Relief from relief: Making handling relief events easier and more collaborative
Relief events clauses are included as standard provisions of most technology implementation, outsourcing and services contracts.
Global | Publication | November 2016
There is much excitement globally about smart contracts and distributed ledger technologies that support them. Properly funded technology vendors and consortia have emerged which are now able to give tangible expression to that sense of excitement in the form of new and innovative smart contract and distributed ledger products and services.
It has become apparent to us, however, that when industry stakeholders (both buyers of the new technologies and vendors) speak of smart contracts, they can mean very different things. As any contracts lawyer will tell you, words matter. Consistency of language is vital if clear lines of communication are to be achieved in a rapidly evolving industry. What do we mean by a smart contract? Is it smart? Is it a contract? Do lawyers and technologists understand each other when they use these terms?
Recognising the imperative for clarity on these issues, R3 and Norton Rose Fulbright offer this White Paper as a step forward in forging a consensus of understanding between industry stakeholders, lawyers and technologists in relation to smart contracts.
The White Paper considers whether a smart contract can constitute a legally binding contract under the law of a number of key jurisdictions. It also examines the practicalities of enforceability and provides some suggestions for dispute resolution within a smart contract context.
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Relief events clauses are included as standard provisions of most technology implementation, outsourcing and services contracts.
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Liability is often a contentious topic (and typically the last provision to be agreed) in a technology or outsourcing contract negotiation.
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Malaysia, where fossil fuels make up 96.6 percent of the country’s energy supply and whereby 2022 emissions reached 291 million tons of carbon dioxide, are working to play its part in the global fight against climate change and in the world’s sustainability endeavours and net zero ambitions
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