Trolling Law Reform?
The government has asked the Law Commission to look at trolling laws…
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What do we want to look like when we’re 50?
The SCL Chair, Mark O’Conor, discusses SCL’s strategic objectives for the next five years and looks forward to the Society’s 50th anniversary…
May the force be with them: the inaugural SCL Tech Law Challenge
David Chaplin, SCL Development Editor, reports back on a highly successful inaugural Student Tech Law Challenge that took place on 3 February 2018, plus some post and pictures from the day….
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Irish Data Protection Bill
Alex Towers and John Magee of William Fry offer some highlights from the Bill published on 1 February…
Sir Henry Brooke CMG
SCL shares the sadness of the legal community and many beyond it at the news that our past President, Sir Henry Brooke, passed away on 30 January, following heart surgery. Sir Henry was President of SCL for nine years and was a tremendous contributor to its development and success. Our thoughts are with his family. Our tributes, focusing on his many contributions to the use and application of technology in the practice of law, will appear shortly….
Demystifying Transparency – What Do the GDPR, Articles 13 and 14 GDPR Really Mean?
Gemma Briance and Geoffrey Sturgess drill down into the obligations imposed by the GDPR, Articles 13 and 14 and advocate a proportionate interpretation of inflexible requirements…
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Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart
In this edited version of her recent paper, Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart: Blockchain-Based Contracts and the Social Workings of Law (which can be linked to below), Karen Levy examines blockchain-based contracts and the social workings of law…
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Is the Article 29 Working Party Undermining Itself?
In a piece that may engender some debate, Adam Finlay and Katie O’Leary question the extended role adopted by the Article 29 Working Party…
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Implementation of EU NIS Directive: consultation response & NCSC guidance published
The Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport clarifies how it will implement the EU NIS Directive in May 2018…
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Data Retention Rights: Clarity Remains Elusive
The Court of Appeal has given judgment on the Home Secretary’s appeal against the High Court judgment ruling that the data retention powers in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014. The extent of the ongoing rights to retain data for ‘security’ and related purposes remain distressingly unclear….
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