Counter-regulation
Simon Deane-Johns looks forward to a time when the law requires offline businesses to implement the benefits of successful online business models….
Society & Justice
The Need for Search
Justin North explains that there is technological assistance which can make a real contribution to efficiency in searching and the effectiveness of searches….
Mobile TV: Content will be King
Davina Garrod Convergence makes mobiles into entertainment centres. Davina Garrod and Alana Tervo look at developments as big-screen content migrates to small-screen devices. Hailed as the next “killer mobile application”, mobile TV is taking off in Europe. 2005 saw the launch of pilot programmes, new handsets and new consumer and audiovisual services. Amongst significant deals…
Coming shortly – New SCL Web Site
A new SCL Web site is currently under construction and should go live in March 2006. Why does it matter and what advantages does it bring?…
Can OFCOM achieve the wireless balancing act?
The 19th-century French acrobat Charles Blondin once challenged a member of his audience to climb into a wheelbarrow he was about to push along a tightrope strung across Niagara Falls. Understandably, the terrified soul refused the invitation. Since taking the reins in late 2003, Stephen Carter and his team at OFCOM have embarked upon an…
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Navitaire v easyJet : What Now For ‘Look and Feel’?
Renzo Marchini examines the judgment in Navitaire v easyJet and draws lessons from it….
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The Power of Metadata
This article from Simon Dawson examines the value in litigation of the hidden information (known as metadata) encoded into most electronic documents, illustrates this by a study based on a real case and finally discusses the circumstances in which an opposing party in litigation might be compelled to provide it….
The Impact of E-mail and Technology on Productivity and Efficiency
Victoria Moore’s experience at City firms and as senior in-house counsel gave her an absorbing interest in what firms and partners must do in order to make technology work for them and to deliver legal services to increasingly demanding and sophisticated clients….
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Facilities For The Disabled Available Here
In the hustle and bustle of general legal practice where billable hours, legal aid and court diaries conspire to heap pressure on lawyers, it is easy to forget that the law applies to us too. Stephen Moore and William Milliken remind us of one new potential liability….
Electronic Signatures in Law
Eduardo Ustaran reviews Electronic Signatures in Law by Stephen Mason, published by Lexis Nexis Butterworths. £95. ISBN 0406 97006 8….