Can We Trust Cryptocurrencies?
Mark Deem considers cryptocurrencies, trust and regulation…
Litigation & DR
Editorial
I like to think that I do curmudgeonly well. But, like Schwarzenegger doing comedy, I like the occasional stretch. I find myself currently playing the part of the uplifting and positive commentator on the way of the legal world. For while I remember a time when you could get into the pictures and buy a…
SCL Event Report: Annual Data Protection Update 2015
Alexander de Gaye reports on SCL’s Annual Data Protection Update, an event held at Fieldfisher on Wednesday 28 January 2015….
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EU Trade Secrets Directive – Be Aware, Be Very Aware
Robert Clark, Pearse Ryan and Niall Donnelly look at the latest position on trade secrets. This is an updated and fuller version of an article posted earlier….
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Cases Round-up
Data Protection and Home CCTV According to the CJEU, the Data Protection Directive applies to a video recording made with a surveillance camera installed by a person on his family home and directed towards the public footpath. The Court ruled in Case 212/13 František Ryneš v Ú?ad pro ochranu osobních údaj? that those installing domestic…
Arbitration: Serious Irregularity Leads to Rehearing
The High Court has given judgment in a case where the Home Office challenged the arbitration award in favour of the contractors charged with providing the e-borders technology…
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Online Dispute Revolution?
A new report suggests the establishment of a dedicated online court and a radical new approach to the avoidance and settlement of disputes…
Mobile Payments and Mobile Banking in India
Ben Trust and Sophie Papaevripides cast light on the rules that apply, and which may apply, in what may prove to be one of the most exciting markets for mobile payments…
Open Access to Law – How Soon?
Professor Chris Marsden explains what is behind the Openlaws.eu project and explores the current landscape of access to law in the UK….
ODR, Justice and Hawks
Next week, the group which has been looking at online dispute resolution on behalf of the Civil Justice Council is to launch its report. I am genuinely excited by this. Watch out for detailed coverage on the main SCL news pages and, no doubt, in the mainstream press. The advisory group was set up in…