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Appel à dégeler 5 millions pour l’accès à la justice
This content is not available in the selected language. Des organismes qui aident les simples citoyens à se défendre devant les tribunaux affirment lutter pour leur survie tandis que plus de 5 millions de dollars visant justement à renforcer l’accès à la justice dorment dans les coffres du gouvernement. Le Fonds accès justice (FAJ) a accumulé […] Read more
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Déplacement du garde des Sceaux au Canada et au Québec
This content is not available in the selected language. Sur le campus de l’université de Montréal, Jean-Jacques URVOAS a pu visiter le « laboratoire de cyberjustice », qui développe en format ouvert des solutions informatiques tournées vers la dématérialisation des procédures. Un accord de coopération a été signé le 27 avril 2015, et permet une aide à […] Read more
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Robots Are Taking Divorce Lawyers’ Jobs, Too
This content is not available in the selected language. Buyers and sellers on EBay use the site’s automated dispute-resolution tool to settle 60 million claims every year. Now, some countries are deploying similar technology to let people negotiate divorces, landlord-tenant disputes, and other legal conflicts, without hiring lawyers or going to court. Couples in the […] Read more
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Chatbot lawyer overturns 160,000 parking tickets in London and New York
This content is not available in the selected language. An artificial-intelligence lawyer chatbot has successfully contested 160,000 parking tickets across London and New York for free, showing that chatbots can actually be useful. Dubbed as “the world’s first robot lawyer” by its 19-year-old creator, London-born second-year Stanford University student Joshua Browder, DoNotPay helps users contest […] Read more
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Pierre Craig en visite au Laboratoire de cyberjustice
This content is not available in the selected language. Mardi 21 juin – Pierre Craig, animateur et journaliste retraité, est venu rencontrer Karim Benyekhlef, directeur du Laboratoire de cyberjustice et titulaire de la Chaire LexUm en information juridique. Ce fut l’occasion pour lui de découvrir le Laboratoire et de discuter de l’accès à la justice, […] Read more
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Lawyers prepare for ‘driverless M&A’ as smart contract era dawns
This content is not available in the selected language. The nation’s top law firms are braced for disruption as « smart contract » technology threatens thousands of legal jobs and lawyers’ role intermediating commercial negotiations and disputes is automated by computers. One of the country’s biggest law firms, Allens, sent a report to its clients on Friday afternoon admitting that lawyers’ business model of profiting from an absence of trust […] Read more
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Le Ministre de la justice de France, Jean-Jacques Urvoas, en visite au Laboratoire de cyberjustice
This content is not available in the selected language. Vendredi 17 juin, Montréal – Le Garde des sceaux français, Jean-Jacques Urvoas, était en visite au Laboratoire de cyberjustice en présence de Karim Benyekhlef, directeur du Laboratoire, de Nicolas Vermeys, directeur adjoint du Laboratoire, de Benoît Moore, Vice-recteur de l’Université de Montréal, de France Houle, Vice-doyenne […] Read more
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The Pitch: Expert judges survey the field
This content is not available in the selected language. The Pitch, the first-ever legal innovation competition hosted by CBA and LegalX is off to a rousing start, with 31 submissions received by midnight on Wednesday. It’s now up to the committee of experts to survey the field and deliver, by June 23, the names of […] Read more
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Blockchains and Online Dispute Resolution: Smart Contracts as an Alternative to Enforcement
This content is not available in the selected language. The prolific rise of cross-border transactions, e.g. e-commerce, is rapidly changing both dispute resolution and enforcement. The dominance of the Internet means that individuals are more often entering into contractual relations regardless of geographical locations or jurisdictional boundaries. Undoubtedly, the increase in online transactions has also […] Read more
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Compensation cases set to be settled in ‘online only’ courts, according to top judge
This content is not available in the selected language. THE day of virtual reality court has arrived, one of Northern Ireland’s most senior judges has announced as he signalled the advent of completely `online courts’ is imminent. Lord Justice John Gillen, one of three Lords Justices of Appeal, is conducting a review of civil and […] Read more