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Key Features:

• The book provides an analysis of the rights and liabilities associated with digital information passing from, to and through computing and other devices owned and controlled by fiduciaries, including trustees, personal representatives, and lasting and other attorneys.
• Includes clear practical guidance on the actions that should be taken or considered in the administration of digital information or assets including a useful section on drafting for the digital estate featuring precedents for will drafting, trusts and Lasting Powers of Attorney.
• Includes a straightforward technical explanations of relevant technologies including blockchains, Decentralised Finance (DeFi), and public/private key cryptography.

New to the 2nd edition:

• New sections analyzing the application of property law to cryptoassets, examining the personal tax consequences of cryptocurrency and DeFi transactions, and considering the situs of cryptoassets.
• A considerable body of new case law and official reports that have emerged since the first edition such as Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50; Warner Music UK Ltd v TuneIn, Inc. [2021] EWCA Civ 441; Fetch.ai Ltd v Persons Unknown [2021] EWHC 2254 (Comm); Quoine Pte Ltd v B2C2 Ltd [2020] SGCA(I) 02 to name a few.
• Recent legislative changes such as the General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018; Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020/952 and the Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018.

The IDS Employment Law Handbooks on Westlaw UK Books provide expert perspective on all aspects of employment law. The topic of disability, previously covered by IDS in the Discrimination at Work Handbook, has grown substantially. As a result, we have introduced a new volume focused solely on Disability. This new Disability volume within the IDS Employment Law Handbooks will make it easier to navigate this challenging area of employment and discrimination law and save you time by bringing together all aspects of disability discrimination law in the workplace:

• the definition of ‘disability’,
• the duty to make reasonable adjustments, and the concept of discrimination arising from disability,
• how other forms of unlawful discrimination under the 2010 Act apply in the context of disability,
• the circumstances in which disability discrimination might occur before, during and after employment,
• the restriction on employers asking pre-employment health questions; and
• the disability-specific exemptions from liability under the 2010 Act.

The detailed treatment of the new topics in the Disability volume is based on chapters formerly contained in the Discrimination at Work Handbook, which have been extensively revised and updated by the IDS team. Going forward, this will include shorter overview chapters on disability-specific areas of the 2010 Act. As with all the IDS Employment Law Handbooks on Westlaw UK Books, there is extensive interlinking between the volumes, and with primary law, to help you complete your research more efficiently and with confidence that you haven’t left anything out.