BS7799 – Why is it important?
And why, asks Ian Mann of ECSC (e-commerce security consultants) is an IT security consultant contributing to a law publication?…
Litigation & DR
Defining the Rules of Engagement
Victoria Cooper thinks that the Cresswell Report underestimates the attractions of tape back-up….
EDMS Software: Winning Legal Business
Egami-Legal Litigation Support from DPA-Egami was a finalist for the 1998 SCL Award….
E-Commerce
The Society for Computers and Law Internet Interest Group Comments on the Draft Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 and on the Guidance Notes issued to explain them [The draft Regulations are available at http://www.dti.gov.uk/cii/docs/regulations.pdf,the guidance for business is available at http://www.dti.gov.uk/cii/docs/guidance.pdf.] Introduction The Society for Computers and Law is the leading UK organisation for…
City Disputes Panel Announces Year 2000 Initiative
City Disputes Panel, the dispute resolution body for the financial services industry, has announced the formation of the CDP Y2K Panel….
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The Application of Information Technology
In this piece, Alastair Morrison reviews the pressures on solicitors and the courts arising from IT implementation. He analyses the position of smaller firms and looks at the prospects for XML and AI. This was originally submitted as a dissertation for the degree of LLM at the University of Strathclyde. It is rare for SCL to accept such material but this is a useful examination of various commentators’ views….
Developing Successful Privacy Relationships
This is Robert Waixel’s report of the Privacy Laws & Business 15th Annual International Conference. Robert Waixel is a Senior Lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge. He specialises in Computer Law in general and Data Protection Law and practice in particular….
IP Rights: The Latest EC Directive
Chris Scroggs looks at the latest anti-piracy Directive….
International Business and e-arbitration
The Internet is being waved in front of businesses large and small as the future for prosperity. The oft-touted battle cry is ‘benefit from a world market at your fingertips’. Nevertheless, despite government pressure to join the fray, the EU reports that many smaller businesses (SMEs) are reluctant to go online. They also conclude that access to affordable alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is necessary to give SMEs confidence in cross-border trading. It is easy enough to pinpoint a need but developing a real solution, E-Arbitration-T, has been a much longer story with players across Europe….
LSLA and Bar Report on Technology in the Civil Courts
At the end of June this year, the London Solicitors Litigation Association and selected members of the Bar published a joint report, The Practitioner Working Group Report on Investment in Technology in the Civil Courts of England and Wales. The report was commented on by Lord Justice Brooke in his speech to the LSLA and is available in full as a Web article on the SCL site….
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