Digital assets - CLLS Final Evidence to HL Committee on the Electronic Trade Documents Bill

The Financial Law Committee of the CLLS considered and responded to the Law Commission's "Digital assets: Call for Evidence", its Consultation Paper on "Digital assets: electronic trade documents" and its subsequent Consultation Paper on Digital Assets. Following on from these submissions, the CLLS was invited to provide observations to the House of Lords Special Public Bill Committee regarding the Electronic Trade Documents Bill. The Chair of the Financial Law Committee of the CLLS, Dorothy Livingston, was asked by the CLLS to give oral evidence to the Committee. This paper was prepared for that hearing on 26th January 2023.