Inspiring the next generation of lawyers Reccy Midigo, paralegal (SQE Trainee) and Hermon Demsas, paralegal, of Burley Law recently ran an SCL AI for Schools workshop for Law & Criminology students at Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Sixth Form, Coventry. SCL AI for Schools is an outreach initiative aimed at helping underprivileged 6th form students,…
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Áine Rafferty knows an in-house legal team is a critical component for many technology firms and has been recognised by industry peers for leading high performing in house technology teams. Here she provides some steers on how to make sure the team is valued by the other parts of the business. The role of the…
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8 March 2024 UK law ASA investigates supplier pathway of irresponsible ads online The ASA has launched two projects aimed at better understanding where responsibility lies for inappropriately targeted and irresponsible ads that appear online. This work forms part of its strategy commitment to protect vulnerable audiences, including children, and to bring greater transparency and…
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After 25 years, SCL President Professor Richard Susskind OBE KC (Hon) has decided to step down as Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. He advised six successive Lord Chief Justices, starting with Lord Bingham in 1998. “The last quarter of a century has seen the Judiciary evolve from having almost…
Christopher Millard and Johan David Michels chronicle the pleasures and the pains of launching a cloud computing law course in the cloud….
UK law DSIT launches review on illegal porn, abuse and exploitation in porn industry The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has launched a review to advise the UK government on how to deal with the negative effects of pornography on users and society. The review will build on the Online Safety Act, by stopping…
The Chancellor has issued his Autumn Statement, including the following announcements of interest to tech lawyers. The government is exploring the use of cutting-edge technologies, including quantum, in the public sector. The National Quantum Computing Centre is supporting government and industry to explore how quantum computing could be applied and the government has launched a…
UK law Data Protection and Digital Information Bill reintroduced to House of Commons The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill received its “first” and “second” readings in the House of Commons on 8 November 2023. The Public Bill Committee completed its work and reported the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill with amendments…