The SCL’s Internet Interest Group assembled an expert panel at Charles Russell to peer into the future of the Internet and the Web over the next five to ten years. Laurie Kaye of Laurence Kaye Solicitors, who was Panel Chairman and devised and organised the event, lent them the special SCL crystal ball….
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William Dutton reviews a series of well known IT legal aphorisms from the perspective of a social scientist. This is an edited version of his Keynote Address to the IFCLA Conference in July….
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Clive Davies of Olswang considers what partnering really means and how, in contractual terms, it can best be achieved….
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Barristers Michael Douglas QC and Alex Charlton and Ashhurst partner Jeremy Drew join forces to discuss the granting or refusal of mandatory injunctions….
Glen Davis reviews this book by Paul Nihoul and Peter Rodford, published by Oxford University Press, 856pp, £125….
An updated draft, with the crucial appendices, is now available….
Victoria Moore’s experience at City firms and as senior in-house counsel gave her an absorbing interest in what firms and partners must do in order to make technology work for them and to deliver legal services to increasingly demanding and sophisticated clients….
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As Nigel Miller observes in his introductory remarks in the full programme for this event, computer law issues are especially likely to cross jurisdictional boundaries and IT lawyers need to know something of the law and practice outside their home jurisdiction to be fully effective. This conference provides an opportunity to acquire that knowledge in…
The London Solicitors Litigation Association organised a seminar on 26 March called The Impact of IT on the Civil Courts. The aim was to explore “the impact of IT on the process and procedure of the Civil Courts today and in the future”. Chris Dale of Oxford Law and Computing found some glimmers of hope in the detail despite the broken promises of Government. But he feels that it lies in our own hands to move forward – and we can start tomorrow….
Shelley Hill of Robert Muckle welcomes the All Parliamentary Internet Group’s inquiry into the Act….
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