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| (Webinar via Zoom) Digital Property, Probate and Digital Wills |
| Date: |
18 March 2026 (Wednesday) |
| Time: |
2:30pm - 5:45pm |
| Level: |
I (Intermediate)
For delegates who have prior knowledge of the subject area |
| Language: |
English |
| Fee: |
HK$ 1,850 |
| Accreditation: |
(3 CPD Points will be applied for) |
| Ref: |
L26TP01 |
| Venue: |
Webinar Course
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Presenter's Biography:
Steven Gallagher was awarded a first class LL.B. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2006. Steven teaches equity and trusts, property law, and digital technology and law. Steven also teaches a course on art, antiquities, cultural heritage and the law. Steven has presented continuing professional development courses for solicitors in Hong Kong on many topics associated with property. Steven's research interests include equity and the law of trusts, art and cultural heritage law and legal history. In 2023 Steven published the first treatise dealing formally and systematically with all the major aspects of and entitled, Digital Technology and Law.
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Objective:
Lawyers are already engaging with digital property. For those assisting in estate planning and/or dealing with estates involving digital property, there have already been high-profile issues. These can involve issues in identifying, recovering and assigning digital property. This three-hour seminar will consider those issues. The first part of the seminar will consider issues that arise in estate planning involving digital property. This includes identifying digital property and considering the characteristics of various forms of digital property, including virtual property and crypto-property (including cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs)). This part will also consider the problems with transferring ownership or control of digital property and recovering digital property. The second part of the seminar will consider the use of artificial intelligence to assist in drafting wills and the possible issues that may arise. The concluding part of the seminar will consider if we may use digital wills in Hong Kong, if they would be valid under existing Hong Kong law and if the law should be changed ensure digital wills will be valid. The seminar will conclude by considering some notable cases that have been decided on these issues.
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Outline:
- What are digital assets and digital property?
- General issues with digital assets and property;
- Who owns your digital music collection?
- Who owns your social media?
- What are cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens?
- Why probate practitioners should care about digital assets;
- Transferrable and non-transferrable digital assets;
- Can artificial intelligence assist in drafting a will?
- What issues may arise when using artificial intelligence to draft wills?
- What are digital wills and are they valid and enforceable?
- The future including digital wills and eWills;
- Challenges in estate planning.
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| Category: |
Trust, Succession & Probate |
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Bookings & Payments
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Cancellation
In case of cancellation of a booking, you must inform us in writing at least seven (7) days before the date of the course, and a full refund will be issued (less of HK$300 administration fee). Cancellation of unpaid bookings will incur a HK$300 administration fee and the cancellation will not be deemed effective until payment of such fee is received. No refunds will be given and any outstanding amounts remain payable in full if the written notice of cancellation is made less than (7) days before the date of the course.
Transfer
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- Transfer the booking to a replacement delegate;( Not available for Individual Discount Packages)
- Transfer your booking to another course, to be held before 31 October 2026; or
- Request a credit voucher, to be used on another LexOmnibus CPD course to be held before 31 October 2026.
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Weather
In the event that the No.8 typhoon signal is hoisted or the Black Rain Storm warning is raised within 2.5 hours of the course or is due to be raised during the course, the course will be cancelled. In the event of cancellation due to bad weather, the course will be rescheduled or a credit note issued. No refunds will be given.
Record of Attendance
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