Zaccheaus Knox-Hooke is a barrister who specialises in IT law and related matters. He was for many years a programmer, analyst and projectmanager. He has a thorough knowledge of programming languages, structure andtechniques as well as systems development. He is currently Year 2000 lawyer fora major city financial institution. He can be contacted on zaccheaus@btinternet.com….
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David Rawlinson reports on the joint meeting held at the Liverpool Law Society Conference Suite, on Monday 23 March…
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And why, asks Ian Mann of ECSC (e-commerce security consultants) is an IT security consultant contributing to a law publication?…
Professor Ewan McKendrick gave a lecture to the SCL London Group on 22 September covering certain developments in contract law as they affect IT lawyers. This is the edited text of that lecture. SCL is grateful to him, both for granting permission for the text to be made available on the Web site and for the considerable work involved in converting that text into this form. SCL is also grateful to Wordwave for its transcription of the lecture….
This is Robert Waixel’s report of the Privacy Laws & Business 15th Annual International Conference. Robert Waixel is a Senior Lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge. He specialises in Computer Law in general and Data Protection Law and practice in particular….
This article from Marc-Antoine Ledieu delves into the confusion which can arise whenever, and wherever, software is developed….
This tour of m-legal issues and technologies from Paul Lambert was also published in the Irish Law Society Gazette….
Kit Burden explains why IT security matters, or should matter….
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In the wake of the offshore outsourcing phenomenon, Peter Hall, Bill Jones, Kevin Lowe and Patrick Brodie, partners at Wragge & Co LLP, look at the various structures that might be considered. The article looks especially at India and the special considerations, and tax breaks, which apply there….
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Eduardo Ustaran considers the required safeguards in contracts concerning transfer of data abroad…
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