Richard Harrison looks at the advance of e-mail and the problems it presents for dispute resolution procedures. He explains the need to be alert to prevent apparently comprehensive disclosure, in lists produced with the aid of technology, from pulling “the wool over the eyes of understanding”….
Rico Calleja takes a look at a domain name case, Radio Taxicabs (London) Ltd v Owner Drivers Radio Taxi Services Ltd…
To register or not to register? That is the question tormenting many a soliliquising cyberDane, and many IP brand owners too. Dawn Osborne and Steve Palmer of Willoughby & Partners offer some criteria for decision and point to a useful strategy….
Mark Garnish has recently been involved in TFB’s efforts to meet demand for remote working. This article reveals something of the process involved….
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Whilst the future of the edible cookie will be assured by hungry adults, children and characters from Sesame Street, the same cannot be said for its electronic namesake. The debate surrounding the use of cookies continues to be a point of contention between business, government and civil rights movements. Garry Mackay and Mark Lomas of Bevan Ashford review the position….
Those who have dealt with a failed systems development project know that the complex legal and factual issues that arise represent a veritable ‘dripping roast’ for dispute lawyers. Coupled with the advent of the new Civil Procedure Rules in 1999, it is little wonder that dispute resolution clauses in IT contracts have become ever more prescriptive. We now often find disputes being categorised into technical, legal or commercial issues and to each is then applied an escalating range of medicines, from meetings between executives, to mediation, litigation or more and more frequently expert determination. Tim Toomey of v-lex questions this extended use of expert determination….
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Web Site Hypocrisy I was always quite comfortable with the ‘do as I say, not as I do’ approach with my children but I suspect that it’s not going to cut it with SCL members. So it’s fine to direct your attention to the article so prominently displayed on the front cover (Web Site Design…
Raymond Perry analyses the significance of a recent e-mail virus and asks what the implications are for the introduction of e-conveyancing….
ASPs have been around for a couple of years now. However, reactions to the concept have been mixed and opinion as to its efficacy and worth is still divided. Much of the opinion appearing in the press has in fact been quite negative. But does it really deserve such scorn and can it be written off so easily? Doug McLachlan of Axxia looks at the merits and demerits….
In Which Neil Cameron Goes Through All The Pain So That You (Dear Reader) Don’t Have To….