Stephen Mason reviews Managing Cyber-Risks: Strategic Approaches for Law Firms by Rupert Kendrick, published by The Law Society, 2002. And he explains why you should worry about cyber-risks….
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With HM Land Registry’s consultation now underway, no one denies that the property industry is facing a period of unprecedented change. Catherine Williams, newly appointed Technical Manager of PISCES, explains how the property-focused electronic data exchange standard is ideally placed to lead the way….
Here’s James Tuke’s view on the things you should look at when choosing a firm to help you set up or improve your Web site….
Jon Vogler reviews some of the hundreds of books which give insight into XML and which may help you cope with it….
The Legal Software Suppliers Association has published a proposal for an XML Schema for the legal profession. The full text of the document can be accessed via the SCL Web site….
Andrew Katz of Moorcrofts reviews The Future of Ideas by Lawrence Lessig, published 2001 Random House, New York. He also gives a taste of the breadth of thinking in the book….
Jon Vogler’s review last autumn was critical of Sammes and Jenkinson’s Forensic Computing: a Practitioner’s Guide. So what are the alternatives? He examines four alternatives to choose from….
So much has been written in these pages over the years about the pursuit of free access to law that it is easy to forget that we are still at the stage of needing to push hard over the final hurdles to make the dream reality. BAILII is now fully effective as an important source of primary law, is a fully operational charity based at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and has its first employee. But it needs more funding to get it through the transitional period which will allow it to be fully independent and able to operate effectively without the extensive and much valued support it has received from AustLII….
SCL members will shortly receive a letter from the Joint Chairmen setting out a series of proposals for the better management of the Society. The new structure aims to address two particular issues: the need to make the best possible use of the time donated to the Society by those making the greatest contribution to its management and the need to ensure that the SCL Groups are encouraged to be active and creative and have the opportunity to liaise effectively with those involved in overall policy and management….
Laurence Eastham reports on the meeting of 10 October…