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title: "Smart Contract Legal Review"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/technology-and-digital-law-en/smart-contract-legal-review-en"
field: "Technology & Digital Law"
description: "Smart contract legal review: appointment, the form of the conclusion and the specialist's role. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Smart Contract Legal Review

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/technology-and-digital-law-en/smart-contract-legal-review-en

## Smart contract legal review: when and why

A smart contract legal review differs from conducting a dispute: it is an analysis carried out before a dispute — or within one — that answers the question of what the code does legally and whether this corresponds to the parties' intended agreement. Georgia has no separate rule for this — the expertise institution of the Civil Procedure Code applies, regulating technical assessment before the court.

The need for expertise arises in two typical situations. The first — preventive: the parties check the contract before release so that a dispute does not arise at all. The second — judicial: during a dispute the court resorts to special knowledge, because interpreting the code's behaviour without it is impossible. In both cases the form and content of the expertise are determined by procedural norms.

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### When does a smart contract need an expertise?

In two cases: preventively — before release, to determine the code's correspondence to the intended agreement; and in court — where interpreting the code's behaviour requires special knowledge.

### In what form is the conclusion given?

In written form, containing a description of the investigation, conclusions and substantiated answers to the questions posed. The court may also request an oral explanation, entered into the minutes.

### Where is the expertise conducted?

In a special expert institution — by ruling of the court, or in a non-special institution, where the expert is appointed by the court itself, which verifies his competence.

### What is the difference between a specialist and an expert?

The specialist assists the court in performing procedural actions with consultations and technical help; the expert gives a substantiated conclusion on the questions posed.