Kit Burden explains why IT security matters to technology lawyers or at least should matter. This article is based on his presentation to the Law Society of Scotland/SSCL Conference earlier this year…
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Claim CPD for reading Computers & Law From February next year you will be able to transform the time you spend reading Computers & Law into CPD. This new member benefit will be available with the launch of the revamped SCL Web site, scheduled for release at the end of January 2006. The CPD scheme…
“Freedom of contract has fallen, but I cannot believe that it has fallen that far” remarked HHJ Bowsher in Grovedeck Ltd v Capital Demilition Ltd. Although his remark was expressed in a different context, Adrian Hughes and James Bowling take the view that freedom of contract is on the march again in the approach of the courts to clauses allocating risk in IT contracts…
Jimmy Desai offers a short summary of the topics that all IT lawyers need to consider when advising on data centre contracts…
Victoria Ford reviews the draft Bill on unfair contract terms. Will standard terms and conditions be worth the paper they are written on when the proposed new unfair contract terms legislation comes into force? The IT industry has had many brushes with UCTA over the years and is likely to be keenly affected by developments….
Kit Burden asks if the outsourcing charabanc has run out of fuel, and whether there are times when the best alternative might be found close to home….
Dr Christine Riefa examines the eBay phenomenon, its legal classification and the implications for consumer protection….
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Paul Foley and Davina Garrod consider the impact of a new breed, mobile virtual network operators, and their impact on the market. They also consider some of the legal issues to which transactions concerning them give rise….
Sally Hui and Simon Stokes comment on the implications of the rulings in BHB v William Hill, the long running case which completed its final furlong in the Court of Appeal in July….
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Full details are now available of the latest SCL Conference: IT Project Procurement & Outsourcing: The Successful Customer/Supplier Marriage….
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