Developments in Public Procurement Law
Jenny Skilbeck covers recent developments affecting the Remedies Directive, the limitation period and variations to existing contract,s including the important new case of Uniplex….
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Unticking the Boxes – should IT laws comply with a post-crunch ethos?
In a thought-provoking piece arising from last year’s SCL Policy Forum, Graham Smith challenges some assumptions, queries a number of assertions and analyses the legislative approach that gives us most of our IT law. But he offers little hope for a future of better legislation in the field….
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EDS found liable to pay Sky damages for fraud
Duncan McCall QC and George Woods from 4 Pump Court give an introductory note on the judgment….
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How To Make Bad Law
Professor Chris Reed draws some lessons from the experience of law-making in the computing and communications sector. He suggests that a focus on technical precision has given us some pretty bad law….
BSkyB v EDS – Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claims Partially Upheld – £200 Million Damages Award Anticipated
The long-awaited judgment in BSkyB v EDS was handed down on 26 January 2010….
Civil Monetary Penalties for Data Breaches
Following a positive response to its consultation, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the new monetary penalties regime will come into effect on 6 April 2010….
Predictions 2010: Thirteenth Post
Pearse Ryan offers a potpourri of predictions for the year ahead from the Irish perspective.
There is still time to send your predictions for 2010 or to add comments to the many predictions that we have published to date…
Why Does This Have to Be So Difficult?
Joel Harrison bemoans the unnecessary hurdles placed in the way of transfers to data processors outside the EEA. He suggests a way to end the ‘burden’ on gleeful bureaucrats and ease the life of the data protection lawyer….
Data Protection: The New Technical and Political Environment
Ian Brown paints a picture of a rapidly changing data protection landscape, with the dangers arising from technical revolutions and political adjustments in the foreground…
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Editorial
This issue of the magazine is dominated by predictions for 2010 and beyond. There are more on the web site, including my own. I want to take the opportunity to thank all those who have responded to my call for predictions, which yet again have been a very popular item on the SCL web site…