TechLaw Chat – Episode 3
Episode 3 of Matthew Lavy and Iain Munro‘s podcast series, TechLaw Chat is now available. This episode, titled “You’ve been hacked. Now pay us £££!”, highlights some immediate actions that might be needed where an apparent ransomware attack threatens the leak of highly confidential technical data. For this podcast, Matthew and Iain are joined by Michael Brown of Northwall […]
5th November 2020
TechLaw Chat – Episode 2
Episode 2 of Matthew Lavy and Iain Munro‘s recently published podcast series, TechLaw Chat is now available. This episode, titled “Give me my Bitcoin back!”, addresses the legal remedies that are available when Bitcoin are misappropriated, and some of the practical challenges of enforcement. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or online via TechLaw.chat.
21st October 2020
#LitigationHacks for cryptocurrency fraud
Matthew Lavy will be speaking at the latest BrightTALK webinar on 20th October 2020 alongside Danny Quah of Providence Law Asia LLC. Matthew and Danny will address court-based tools in England and Singapore that victims of cryptocurrency fraud can consider using to recover their stolen assets. Such tools include: Proprietary, “Black Swan” and “Persons Unknown” […]
Matthew Lavy on LawTech drafting committee for Legal Statement on Crypto-assets and Smart Contracts
On Monday 18th November, the LawTech Delivery Panel UK Jurisdiction Taskforce, led by Sir Geoffrey Vos, issued a Legal Statement which aims to provide answers to some of the key questions under English Law as to the status of cryptoassets and enforceability of Smart Contracts. The statement explains that, in the view of the senior […]
18th November 2019
Matthew Lavy appointed as Nominet Dispute Resolution Expert
Nominet, the company resposible for running the .UK namespace has announced the addition of nine new Experts for it’s award winning Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). The DRS was established in 2001 to provide an efficient and transparent method of resolving disputes relating to their .UK domain names. Disputes are sought to be settled by mediation […]
18th October 2019
New adjudication procedure for tech disputes in England and Wales
The Society of Computers and Law (SCL) have announced today that their work on the new adjudication procedure for resolution of technology disputes in England and Wales is almost complete. Matthew Lavy is amongst a select group working with the SCL to deliver the procedure designed to enable a more timely and cost-effective resolution for […]
12th July 2019
Matthew Lavy appointed to the Lord Chief Justice’s AI Advisory Group
Matthew Lavy has been appointed as a member of the newly formed LCJ’s AI Advisory Group. The group has been set up to offer guidance and advice to the Lord Chief Justice on: the likely impact of developments in AI on the Judiciary and the court system; ways of ensuring that judges are sufficiently trained […]
4th March 2019
Technology and the Law Policy Commission – Algorithms in the Justice System
On 12 November 2018 Matthew Lavy will be taking part in The Law Society’s second of three public sessions as a witness, where the use of algorithms in the justice system will be explored. This second session aims to present insights into the making, sale and use of algorithms in the justice system in England […]
18th October 2018
Nigel Tozzi KC & Matthew Lavy successful in Motortrak Ltd v FCA Australia Pty Ltd
Nigel Tozzi KC and Matthew Lavy represented the successful Defendants in Motortrak Ltd v FCA Australia Pty Ltd [2018] EWHC 990 (Comm). Motortrak had claimed over £1.75m in respect of outstanding invoices and damages of over £15.6m in respect of alleged loss of profits following the early termination of a software services agreement. The Judge […]
30th April 2018
Legal 500 UK Awards 2018
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded Construction and Energy Set of the Year and Clerking Team of the Year at The Legal 500 UK Awards 2018. 4 Pump Court were also shortlisted in the following areas, making us the most nominated chambers this year: Chambers of the Year: Commercial Litigation Junior […]
Cyber Security Challenge UK masterclass
As serious breaches in cyber security become increasingly common, it is important that events like Cyber Security Challenge UK’s masterclass search for up and coming talent and inspire the younger generation to pursue a career in the industry, something that 4 Pump Court are very proud to be supporting this year. The challenge was centered […]
17th November 2017
Online Courts Hackathon
Matthew Lavy, Daniel Goodkin and Laura Wright were delighted to support and participate in the Online Courts Hackathon challenge which took place on 1 and 2 July 2017. The hackathon challenged teams to come up with designs, solutions, systems, and technologies for online courts and was staged by the Society of Computers and Law, Legal […]
3rd July 2017
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