Kennedys – Blockchain: a new frontier for dispute resolution?

Author - Alexandra Miller

It is a challenge to find an actor in any commercial sphere who has not heard of blockchain. While most commonly associated with the cryptocurrency Bitcoin developed by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, the applicability and uses of blockchain have since become far more wide reaching. This is owing to its key tenets - it is decentralised, digital and immutable which makes it a prime tool in a variety of sectors, from insurance to healthcare.