Justice and the Unrepresented
That’s not a new Clint Eastwood film – the recent report on improvements in the ways in which the justice system might cope with litigants in person is full of positives and offers real insights….
Litigation & DR
Data Preservation under the Convention on Cybercrime of the Council of Europe
Mike Conradi and Ani Grigorian consider the impact of the Convention on Cybercrime on English law and the effectiveness of its implementation here….
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Data Protection Enforcement Powers Part II: Assessment Notices in Practice
Richard Morgan looks at the ICO’s use of assessment notices since new powers became available…
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SCL Meeting Report: “20th Century Fox v BT – Copyright Strikes Back?”
Scott Fairbairn reports on the recent SCL London Group meeting held at CMS Cameron McKenna LLP on 7 November 2011….
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Data Protection Enforcement Powers
Shelley Thomas looks at the power to impose monetary penalties and gives a detailed account of its use to date….
A Co-op Divi for Law and Technology?
Following its successful application for an ABS licence under the Legal Services Act, I guess we now have to stop talking about Tesco law and call it Co-op law. Why does it matter for technology and the law? It may matter in relation to attitudes to legal services delivery at the low price end of the market and the extent to which IT can be used to support it….
Editorial
Recent contacts with recruiters and IT lawyers have led me to think that, at a time of great uncertainty for the legal professions and a broadly pessimistic outlook for the world economy, the future for IT lawyers looks bright. Recruiters are struggling to find suitably qualified lawyers for positions at all sorts of different levels,…
Internet Infringement of Personality Rights: ECJ Judgment
In a new ruling, the ECJ finds that victims of infringements of personality rights by means of the internet may bring actions before the courts of the Member State in which they reside in respect of all of the damage caused. But the operator of an internet website covered by the e-commerce directive cannot be made subject, in that State, to stricter requirements than those provided for by the law of the Member State in which it is established…
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Judgment Day for BAILII
This article is the product of an exchange between Nick Holmes of Infolaw and Sir Henry Brooke, retiring chairman of the BAILII trustees. It deals with a number of issues relating to BAILII and how it operates, including issues raised in a recent piece in the Guardian….
A Clear Framework and a Flexible Horizon: Sir Vivian Ramsey Presents a Judge’s View of IT Disputes
Joanna Goodman reports on the SCL meeting of 19 October where Sir Vivian Ramsey, Head of the Technology and Construction Court, shared his perspective on IT disputes…