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Unwarranted Strangleholds or Legitimate Protection?

April 30, 2004

The battle between file-sharers and the film and music industries throws up some interesting issues. Gary Fotios looks at some of them….

Cyprotex Discovery Limited v University of Sheffield

April 30, 2004

Renzo Marchini reports on the Court of Appeal’s judgment on 1 April in Cyprotex Discovery Ltd v The University of Sheffield [2004] EWCA Civ 380….

VPDH, ECP and ETMP: Court Technology That Works

April 30, 2004

Judge Woodward and his staff gave Laurence Eastham a tour of the pilot scheme for Virtual Plea and Directions Hearings which is in place at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester and an account of the other IT-related projects that aim to increase the efficiency of the administration of criminal justice….

Editorial

April 30, 2004

The inaugural meeting of the SCL’s new IT Disputes Interest Group was a sell-out. I have no doubt that much of the credit goes to His Honour Peter Bowsher QC, whose presentation was so much anticipated and so enthusiastically received (I hope to print a version in a forthcoming issue). But I am sure that…

David Andrews – A Tribute

April 30, 2004

David Andrews died on 27 February after a long illness bravely borne. Simon Chalton has, at SCL’s request, contributed a short tribute….

E-mail Guidelines for Solicitors

April 30, 2004

New e-mail guidelines for solicitors acknowledge the importance of this major communication tool. SCL’s Nigel Miller welcomes the guidelines and Laurence Eastham suggests areas for improvement….

IFCLA Conference

April 30, 2004

As Nigel Miller observes in his introductory remarks in the full programme for this event, computer law issues are especially likely to cross jurisdictional boundaries and IT lawyers need to know something of the law and practice outside their home jurisdiction to be fully effective. This conference provides an opportunity to acquire that knowledge in…

Think Big. Start Small. Scale Quickly.

April 30, 2004

The London Solicitors Litigation Association organised a seminar on 26 March called The Impact of IT on the Civil Courts. The aim was to explore “the impact of IT on the process and procedure of the Civil Courts today and in the future”. Chris Dale of Oxford Law and Computing found some glimmers of hope in the detail despite the broken promises of Government. But he feels that it lies in our own hands to move forward – and we can start tomorrow….