Cross-border Small Claims in the EU
Pablo Cortés reviews the proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Small Claims Procedure, which is due to be implemented by January 2009…
Technology, Society & Justice
Turning Green into Gold
Organisations must get cleaner, smarter and more focussed to meet their ever-increasing responsibilities towards the environment and a sustainable economy. Yet, in doing so they should still stay competitive and harness the benefits of IT to drive up business value. They will require the services of professional innovators who, by measured activities, can transmute disjointed…
Web Site Recruitment: Are Law Firms Getting it Right?
Intendance,, best known for their annual investigation into legal Web sites: ‘Intendance Fast Fifty Solicitors’ Websites 2007: Who is Winning and Why?, have revealed the findings of their survey of the graduate-focused web pages of top law firms….
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Law 2.0: New Speech, New Property, New Identity
Daithí Mac Síthigh reports on the recent SCL Policy Forum, sponsored by SCL and Herbert Smith and held on 17 and 18 September in London….
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Conference Report: Web 2.0 Internet Law in the 21st Century
A report from Carl Davies on the Society for Computers and Law 7th Annual Conference, held at St Anne’s College, Oxford on 22 and 23 June 2007.
The Conference sessions and related online CPD test are available on the SCL Web site….
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E-disclosure, Needles and Haystacks
Alex Charlton and Matthew Lavy recount their recent experience of e-disclosure in an article that might well be entitled ‘E-disclosure: Where it went wrong (and how we can fix it).’…
Biometric Technology and Privacy Issues
Marcus Turle reviews the implications of the increasing adoption of biometric technology….
Free and Easy SLD
The Statute Law Database has gone live to the public….
Technology in the Courtroom
Vicky Harris reviews some of the technology that is most likely to be useful to barristers and other litigators….
IT Accessibility and the Public Sector
Martin Sloan discusses compliance with the new Public Contracts Regulations and the changes to the Disability Discrimination Act and their effect on public procurement….