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How long are you prepared to wait for a delivery – how long is too long? What would your answer have been 10 years ago? Makes you think, doesn’t it?

If a donor offered your charity a cryptoasset, would you know what such an asset was…? In this article, Paul Knight sets out the latest developments in the world of cryptoassets, following the publication of a legal statement on their status by a UK government backed taskforce, and a policy paper from HMRC on their tax treatment.

Mills & Reeve has advised a listed French IT server manufacturer on UK acquisition as part of an international expansion plan.

The courts are becoming increasingly relaxed about how people sign their contracts. We’ve seen a variety of examples in recent years – a name typed into the bottom of an email, clicking an “I accept” box on a website and identifying information in the header of a SWIFT message. These reflect the realities of modern business, where most communications take place by telephone or electronically, and the people involved are often under time pressure to get things done.