Internet Blocking and One-sided Argument
A spate of Internet blocking orders raises an issue about due process…
Litigation & DR
Predictions 2014: Batch 1
The Christmas music has been in the shops for weeks and a Christmas card has been received so it must be time for the SCL Predictions to begin. In strict alphabetical order, and in a complete reversal of the Christmas song, we begin with 12 lords (and ladies) a leaping: Kit Burden, Jan Durant, Beverley Flynn, Paul Gershlick, Andrew Haslam, Tom Hiskey, Stewart James, Daniel Pollick, Joe Reevy, John Salmon, Callum Sinclair and Peter Sommer…
Advocate General Approves Use of Blocking Injunctions
An Advocate General’s Opinion has been published in a case seeking ECJ guidance on the use of injunctions to make ISPs block copyright infringing web sites…
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Cake or Death?
With the Upper Tribunal suggesting that seeking a discount on a data protection monetary penalty notice and still appealing was to have the cake and eat it too, Paul Motion and Laura Irvine ask how you can lose the right to appeal a £500,000 data fine….
Call for Increased Awareness on Cyber Risks
The UK’s top companies are not considering cyber risks in their decision-making, according to a new BIS survey…
E-disclosure Headaches: Case Study in Pain Relief
Damian Murphy offers a case study, based on real experiences, which demonstrates how e-disclosure problems might be solved by judicious use of referrals to those with relevant expertise. But the process he follows, and the insights into the ‘e-disclosure battlefield’ that he offers, will be of interest to many engaged in this area, and especially to the many fearing future engagement in it….
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SCL Meeting Report: ‘Online Advertising Masterclass: Display, Data, Search and Social’.
On 6 November 2013, Bristows LLP hosted the latest session organised by the SCL Media Group which proved extremely popular. The session covered various aspects of online advertising and was chaired by Paul Jordan, head of the advertising team at Bristows. Sacha Wilson, an associate at Bristows, reports on the session….
Google go down in Paris: How did it come to this?
Dominic Crossley gives his view of the recent judgment of the Tribunal de Grande Instance on a claim brought by Max Mosley against Google, relating to certain images available on a Google Images search…
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Data Protection Monetary Penalties: Absolutely Criminal?
In the space of little more than eight weeks, the Information Rights Tribunal has recently quashed two ‘Civil Monetary Penalties’ totalling £550,000. Paul Motion and Laura Irvine consider the decisions and argue that such Monetary Penalties are properly categorised as criminal, with significant consequences for both the Information Commissioner and a data controller under investigation for a data protection breach. See also the authors’ article ‘Cake or Death?’…
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Drones: Not Just about Data
Alan McKenna looks at the wider potential legal impact of proliferating drone use…