Live Streamed Sex Videos
Angus Hamilton contemplates the legality of live streamed video containing sexual activity in the UK….
Litigation & DR
Northern Lights and the SCL Boot Camp
The SCL Boot Camp is back. The 2003 Boot Camp is 20/21 June at the Manchester Conference Centre….
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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Changing your Outsourcing Deal Midstream – the Perils and the Pitfalls
John C. Buyers, a Director in KLegal’s London Technology Department, examins the legal effect of haphazard changes which take place in the real world to the carefully crafted contracts which underpin outsourcing. He also indicates the best approach to avoiding such disasters….
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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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Neckbytes – Dracula, Computers and Law
Richard Harrison examines the role of technology and the legal profession in Dracula’s English ventures….
Trends in Outsourcing from a Legal Perspective
Outsourcing is of major importance commercially, and especially important in the IT sector. Outsourcing as a business practice has grown rapidly over the last decade. Bill Jones of Wragge & Co considers current trends in outsourcing from a legal perspective….
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Data Protection – Review and Round-up
The data protection year has been as busy as ever. In this swift round-up, Rosemary Jay of Masons describes the principal developments….
Computer Forensics – a Policy Decision
Computer forensics is a discipline that is increasingly called upon to resolve a whole range of legal issues both within the workplace and outside of it. But, for most employers, their chances of carrying out a successful forensic investigation are being severely hampered by a failure to recognise the importance of defining and implementing the right kind of policy. In this article, Clifford May, principal consultant at security specialist Integralis, examines how appropriate policies can be designed and provides practical advice on the methodology of forensic investigation….
SAM v Hedley’s: The TCC answers the Court of Appeal in Watford Electronics
Two cases have come out of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) in recent weeks reversing what for many had seemed to be a run of success for users against IT suppliers. In particular, when it came to applying the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) to exclusions and limitations of liability, IT suppliers were prone to fare badly. This note from Richard Stephens reports on the recent case of SAM Business Systems Limited v Hedley and Company [2002] EWHC 2733 (TCC), a decision of Judge Bowsher QC. *This article will look at two principal issues in the judgment: the presence of bugs and their legal implications and limitations and exclusions of liability in the light of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977….
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