Lawtel The announcement that, with effect from 1 August, Lawtel was to become part of Sweet & Maxwell left me rather sad. And I was genuinely fearful for the future of online legal publishing. While Sweet & Maxwell have a long and illustrious history and have achieved considerable improvements in their online products, they are…
On 20 May 2002, Mr Justice Pumfrey gave judgment in the case of (1) Reed Executive Plc (2) Reed Solutions Plc v (1) Reed Business Information Limited (2) Reed Elsevier (UK) Limited (3) totaljobs.com Limited. The case explored for the first time in any detail the extent to which the use of various optimisation techniques for Web sites could give rise to new forms of trade mark infringement and passing off. Ian Jeffery of Lewis Silkin reports on the case and offers his comments….
Whilst the future of the edible cookie will be assured by hungry adults, children and characters from Sesame Street, the same cannot be said for its electronic namesake. The debate surrounding the use of cookies continues to be a point of contention between business, government and civil rights movements. Garry Mackay and Mark Lomas of Bevan Ashford review the position….
John Garcia of Clyde & Co considers the main heads of claim under which liability for deep-linking may result, following the recent decision in Keljob v Cadremploi….
An extract from an edition of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club originally by Charles Dickens…
Members of the Society for Computers and Law, at the invitation of Lord Saville, travelled to Londonderry recently for a day out at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. Justin McKenna reports on the experience….
Brigitte Zammitt reviews Ian Lloyd’s book, Legal Aspects of the Information Society (Butterworths), and reviews the topics covered in the book….
Watford Junction The Court of Appeal’s seismic division in Watford Electronics v Sanderson is discussed in depth by Margaret Harvey and Nick Rudgard of Addleshaw Booth at p24 of this issue. Earthquakes imply aftershocks and adjustments. The importance of the decision can only be qualified by recalling the uncanny ability of the judicial process to…
John Sibbald reports on the newly constituted Scottish Society for Computers and Law’s first meeting held at the Law Society of Scotland on 14 December – a joint meeting with the Scottish Law Agents Society….
David Lock MP, the Parliamentary Secretary at the Lord Chancellor’s Department, reviewed progress in the civil justice strategy when speaking at the SCL Award on 22 January….
Read More… from David Lock, MP: Speech at SCL Award Presentation