Government, IT Strategy and the Law
Geoff Hoon, MP, is Minister of State at the Lord Chancellor’s Department. This is an edited version of his speech at the SCL Award ceremony on 25 January….
Technology, Society & Justice
The Law on Your Refrigerator
Ivan Darby is Electronic Publishing Director for Butterworths, responsible for Butterworths’ and Tolley’s electronic products….
An Internet Marketing Strategy – Some Implications
The approach by a law firm towards an Internet marketing strategy need not necessarily differ from its approach to a conventional marketing strategy.
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Looking Back, Looking Forwards
Sir Brian Neill is a former President and now is Vice-President of SCL. He was Chairman of ITAC from 1985 to 1996. Although now retired as aCourt of Appeal judge, he continues to sit there from time to time and retainsan active role in the propagation of the use of IT in the law. He is a member ofthe Civil Justice IT Strategy Development Group. This is an edited version ofSir Brian’s speech at the 25th Anniversary Dinner….
IT in the Law
This is an edited version of Lord Irvine’s speech at the SCL 25th Anniversary Dinner….
civil.justice: The SCL Response
The consultation paper issued by the Lord Chancellor’s Department, civil.justice:resolving and avoiding disputes in the information age, sought responsesfrom interested parties by 18 December. SCL has responded by welcoming thethinking behind the paper and giving a detailed account of the Society’s viewson the use which the Government should make of IT in the civil justice…
civil.justice Conference
James Behrens is a barrister at Serle Court Chambers in Lincoln’s Inn , a member of the SCL since 1990, and the Bar representative on theSCL General Council….
Developing IT Skills in a Law School
Antony Smith is IT Co-ordinator at the School of Law, King’s College London. He may be contacted at antony.smith@kcl.ac.uk…
Trespass on the Web
Although there is a dearth of English judicial pronouncement about torts committed on or via the Internet, a number of decisions of US courts have considered the question of whether a cause of action in trespass lies against those who use and copy data from another’s Web site. Might similar results occur were such matters to be litigated here asks Helen Barnard…
The Application of Information Technology
In this piece, Alastair Morrison reviews the pressures on solicitors and the courts arising from IT implementation. He analyses the position of smaller firms and looks at the prospects for XML and AI. This was originally submitted as a dissertation for the degree of LLM at the University of Strathclyde. It is rare for SCL to accept such material but this is a useful examination of various commentators’ views….