New Article 29 Working Party Opinions Published
The Article 29 Working Party has adopted Opinions on the data protection reform proposals and on facial recognition….
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Technology, Society & Justice
Reforming the Civil Justice System: SCL Annual Lecture 2012 Report
Richard Harrison reports on the SCL Annual Lecture, given by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Jackson on 26 March. A podcast of the Lecture will be available shortly….
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User-generated Content and Defamation: New Judgment re Google’s Blogger.com
The High Court has given answers to some of the questions concerning liability for online defamation arising from alleged libel in comments attached to a post on Google’s Blogger.com. Was Google a publisher? Was it protected by the Defamation Act and/or the E-commerce Directive? Laurence Eastham summarises key points from the judgment….
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Social Media – Time for a Firm-wide Policy?
In light of recent guidance for law firms from the Law Society, Laura Scaife looks at the need for a policy on social media…
Can Semantic Web Technology Help Implement a Right to Be Forgotten?
Kieron O’Hara examines the right to be forgotten – what it means and whether the technology is available to implement the right. This is the first in a series of articles arising from the SCL’s 6th Annual Policy Forum held in September 2011….
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Disclosure: Three Jurisdictions – Three Approaches
Alexander Carter-Silk, Edward Rippey and Kim Lars Mehrbrey were speakers at an SCL Conference session entitled ‘Litigation: the Cancer of disclosure’. This article attempts to reflect their exchange of views…
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SAS v WPL: A Note of Caution for Software Developers
What are the implications of the Opinion of the Advocate General in SAS v WPL? Paul Barton and Emily Parris offer an account of the Advocate General’s reasoning and considered comment on it….
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Anything You Tweet or Post Can and Will Be Used Against You
Social media can create evidence too. Tracey Stretton warns of the dangers and reviews some of the cases which show its increasing importance….
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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….
Virtual Conferences
There comes a point where virtual reality is a pale imitation of the real world….