Mixed Data in the Court of Appeal
Rupert Paines from 11KBW analyses the Court of Appeal’s judgment in DB v GMC…
Intellectual Property
SCL Student Essay Prize Winner Announced
The winner of this year’s SCL Student Essay Prize is Alvin Cheung. The runner-up is Viraj Ananth….
Is Software Goods, or even Property? A Recommendation for Sui Generis Categories
With the recent Court of Appeal decision in Computer Associates v The Software Incubator as a catalyst, Ken Moon embarks on a detailed analysis of the ‘software as goods’ debate and suggests a modern solution to problems arising from outdated classifications…
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Data Protection Damages: Court of Appeal Judgment in TLU v Home Office
Lorna Skinner analyses the Court of Appeal decision in TLU v Home Office, which concerned misuse of private information and data protection and provided a further explanation of Durant…
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Is the Use of Self Deleting Apps Legally Defensible?
Karyn Harty asks an interesting question and suggests an approach that will lead to a sensible answer…
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Could I get that in writing?
Richard Osborne of 4 Pump Court reflects on a contract dispute in which the Supreme Court made it clear that anti-oral variation clauses will be enforced….
Bulk Interception: Latest European Court of Human Rights Ruling
The ECtHR has considered a challenge to the regime for bulk interception of communications in Sweden and decided that it meets ECHR standards…
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Cases Update June/July 2018
These are brief reports of a number of cases dealt with on the SCL site over the last two months. In many cases, more detailed reports are available online, where links to full judgments are also available….
The Risk of Not ‘Reaching for the Contract’
Monica Connolly and Eilidh Smith offer a case review of David MacBrayne Limited v Atos IT Services (UK) Limited and point out the lessons that might be taken from the case…
Revision of Audiovisual Media Services Directive – Video-sharing Platforms
Professor Lorna Woods brings us up to date on the developments concerning the AVMS Directive…
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