Tom Maasland

Tom Maasland is an experienced commercial lawyer specialising in technology-law related matters including outsourcing, managed services, and emerging technologies such as blockchain and smart contracts. Tom is a Partner at MinterEllisonRuddWatts.

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  • When smart contracts go bad — perspectives on loss & liability
    2 Nov 2017

    Usually when a written contract ‘goes wrong’, it is a question of interpretation and clarity of drafting. This is usually resolved by looking at the intention of the parties, and by bringing in witnesses and evidence to support a position. With smart contracts, however, the landscape is fundamentally changed as the code itself is said to comprise the contract.