What Madeline Smith Did in the Bushes
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….
Technology, Society & Justice
SCL Award: Finalists
The final stage of the SCL Award 2001 process has now been reached. The nominations have been considered and the finalists have been selected. Laurence Eastham describes the runners who enter the final straight….
Medicine, Law & the Internet – Professional Survival in the Cyberage
Laurence C. Kennedy, Advocate, reports on the Conference held in Edinburgh on 27 June 2000, organised by the SCL Scottish Group in partnership with SCRIPT and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh….
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R.I.P. E-Commerce?
Rupesh Chandrani is an e-commerce specialist at City law firm Theodore Goddard. He can be contacted on 020 7606 8855 or rupeshchandrani@theodoregoddard.co.uk….
The ICANN Decisions – What Have We Learned?
Dawn Osborne is a Partner in Willoughby & Partners.
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Free the Law – Inspiration and Motivation
On 8 November at Chatham House, SCL and other conveningorganisations combined to hear from Professor Graham Greenleaf about electronicaccess to legal materials in Australia and to examine the possibility ofemulating the Australian example in the UK. I doubt that many of those attending the meetingexpected to be part of an historic event. But by the…
Are Litigation Support Systems Providing Any Support?
Richard Honey is a chartered quantity surveyor and litigation support specialist at Cyril Sweett in London. He is a member of the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association IT Sub-Committee (rhoney@cyrilsweett.co.uk). This article reflects his research into litigation support system use. In his Access to Justice Inquiry, Lord Woolf identified the management of documentary evidence and…
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Electronic Signatures: The Technical and Legal Ramifications
Stephen Mason is a Barrister who specialises in e-commerce,Information Technology and contract law. He is also a consultant to KaltonsSolicitors. Telephone 01462 701098 or 020 7278 1817; email scwm@scwm.co.uk. The fourth edition of his e-book, ‘The Year 2000: A guide tothe legal issues for business’ is available as a free download from www.reachoutmedia.com.The third edition…
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Letters to the Editor
From John Sibbald, Chairman Scottish Group Chris Reed and John Irving helpfully described the Proposals for theRe-structuring the Society in the October/November 1999 issue. The ScottishGroup would indeed support their view that the Society is at a watershed.However, the Scottish Group is unable to support the Proposals as the best wayforward for the Society to…
Courtroom of the Future Debate
James Behrens is a barrister at Serle Court Chambers in Lincoln’s Inn and
is the Bar representative on the SCL Council. His practice is in commercial and
chancery litigation and he regularly advises in computer disputes and on data protection….