Child pornography: Defences, protection and the dangers
Paul Motion of Ledingham Chalmers reflects on a recent case concerning possession of a CD-Rom of child pornography….
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Cybersecurity
The Impact of the Internet on the Provision of Legal Services
Technological developments are often launched amid a barrage of publicity about how they will change our lives. Many fail to live up to the initial hype. The Internet is one technological development which has fully matched (and exceeded) initial expectations. It has fundamentally altered the way in which we do business and is now a core facility used in everyday business life. Jonathan Maas looks at how the Internet has been and is being used to change the way in which legal services are provided and considers how it may change working practices in the future, how it affects lawyer/client relationships and what opportunities it offers for law firms to deliver services more effectively….
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E-mail – Take Control or Count the Cost
Adam Edwards reviews the e-mail problem and explains why he thinks Ensure Legal offers one solution….
The IT in Property Group
Maitland Kalton provides a reminder and update on one of the SCL’s most important recent initiatives, and seeks recruits for the Group and its committee….
Gloom, doom and Gutnick
The implications of Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick [1] are reviewed by Megan Macgregor, Senior Lawyer, and Mark Vincent, Managing Partner, of Griffins Information Technology and Intellectual Property Lawyers. [2]…
Predictions for 2003
We asked a number of legal IT experts to offer their predictions for 2003….
m-commerce: payments and security
The expected explosion in e-commerce requires a solution to the problems that arise with payments, and the ever-present security threat. Christopher Scroggs and Rebecca Nugent of Laytons examine the issues….
Search and Seize Orders – The Role and Responsibility of the Forensic Computing Specialist
Craig Earnshaw, head of the Forensic Computing Services group of Lee & Allen Consulting Limited, discusses the implications of an addition to the practice direction for the execution of Search and Seize Orders….
Letter to the Editor
Simon Vallor has been sentenced to two years in prison for writing and releasing the Gokar and other viruses. Before we join the jubilation of the computer security industry, should we not ask some questions?a) Our judicial leaders urge that space in our overcrowded prisons be reserved for those who are violent or unreformable. Would…
SCL IT Award Finalists
The shortlist for the SCL IT Award has been announced. Laurence Eastham contacted the runners; he gives a brief description of each and comments on their chances for those stopping off at Ladbrokes on the way to the ceremony….