Augmented Reality: Goaties and Trolls
In her final instalment in her series of articles about augmented reality, Joanne Frears gives you a fearsome story of appetite and intrigue, aspiration and ambition, innovation and destruction….
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
The Internet of Things: The Old Problem Squared
This comprehensive reflection on the Internet of Things, its wide-ranging effects and the related regulatory issues comes from Amy Collins, Adam J. Fleisher, Reed Freeman and Alistair Maughan…
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Outsourcing Disputes: Time for a Different Approach
In view of the near inevitability of disputes arising in long-running outsourcing contracts, Dominic Keegan feels that more thought needs to be given to the resolution of such disputes and more attention needs to be given to preparation for those that threaten…
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Latest Monetary Penalty: Kent Police
Kent Police have been fined £100,000 after interview tapes were abandoned at a former police station…
Information is Still Not Property
Mark Anderson reports on a recent Court of Appeal judgment which considered the ‘interesting and important question, namely, whether it is possible to exercise a common law possessory lien over an electronic database’….
Crowdfunding Rules
Lawyers from Wragge & Co LLP look at crowdfunding as the FCA publishes the rules that apply to it…
Interim Injunctions and Limitation of Damages: Court of Appeal View
Richard Osborne reports on the Court of Appeal judgment in AB v CD, concerning a point of principle about the proper approach to the grant of an interim injunction. It is a case of clear importance for IT lawyers….
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CPD Online: SCL Annual IT Contracts Update
Questions arising from the SCL Annual IT Contracts Update Seminar held on 11 February 2014. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC16 – CPD: 2 hours…
Monetary Penalty Notice for British Pregnancy Advice Service
After a hacker threatened to publish thousands of names of people who sought advice on abortion, pregnancy and contraception, the Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a monetary penalty of £200,000 on the BPAS…
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Editorial
Tough Questions When writing introductions to articles for this issue, I found that I had to ration my use of the phrase ‘asks tough questions’. Two articles touching on data protection are prime examples. Lillian Pang and Peter Lee made me wonder whether the immense effort that is made to protect data properly reflects the…