Marriages and court cases can be held in the metaverse
Singapore's Second Minister for Law believes an integrated platform using the Metaverse will make the dispute resolution process more convenient and efficient. Legal marriage proceedings, court case disputes, and government services may one day be offered on the Metaverse, according to a Singaporean government minister. Speaking at the TechLaw Fest 2022 on July 20, Singapore’s Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong argued even highly personalized, intimate events such as the solemnization of marriages have taken place online in the Metaverse. "It would not be unthinkable that, besides....
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The digital space is creating more impressive output recently in different areas of life, with the introduction of metaverse, more people believe in the possibility of getting the digital form of real-life. The metaverse is gradually making its waves with diverse applications in the virtual space. It’s becoming quite intriguing how you can get the […]
Since the legislative framework surrounding the Metaverse is quite gray, experts still don’t see the technology being used to settle legal issues. As the global Web3 ecosystem continued to evolve at a staggering pace, so have the various use cases associated with this niche. In a striking new development, a high-ranking Singaporean government minister recently noted that legal marriage proceedings, court case disputes, and government services could one day be conducted using Metaverse platforms.While delivering a keynote address at Singapore’s TechLaw Fest 2022 late last month, the....
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NFTs can now serve as court documents but they might also be unregistered securities, illegal loot boxes, or come with impossible tax demands.Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are thought of by most people as just funny pictures that degens on the internet spend far too much money on for poorly understood reasons. But Jason Corbett, managing partner of global blockchain law firm Silk Legal, says new and innovative use cases are beginning to emerge.Weve seen recently the courts allowing the serving of court documents by way of an NFT, Corbett says, referring to a recent decision by a United Kingdom....