It has come to my attention that my article "Implications of the Blockchain Technology for the UNCITRAL Works" had been published from the United Nations in November last year. The 50th anniversary Congress was a big occasion for UNCITRAL and it was my great honour to be part of it. Here is my article excerpted from the...

I will be presenting my thoughts on the subject above in the upcoming Congress of the UNCITRAL for the celebration of its 50th anniversary (4-6 July 2017).My paper currently on the Congress website is a version which I sent to the UNCITRAL Secretariat some months ago and which no longer represents my latest thinking...

My article "Blockchain Technology and Electronic Bills of Lading" has come out from the Journal of International Maritime Law ((2016) 22 JIML 202-211). The full text is here....

Here is the powerpoint file for my presentation at the seminar "Electronisation of Transferable Documents or Instruments Used in International Trade" (10-11 March 2016) in Singapore (organised by UNCITRAL, Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS...

In my earlier post, I have suggested that one of the most promising use cases of the blockchain technology is electronic bill of lading: a token on a blockchain issued by the carrier of goods which represents the right to demand the delivery of the goods. As noted in another of my earlier post, I stressed the importance...