The data protection year has been as busy as ever. In this swift round-up, Rosemary Jay of Masons describes the principal developments….
SCL Award Presentation
Richard Harrison of Laytons, one of this year’s judges, reviews the event….
Putting the Bite on e-business
Fiona Ghosh explains how the UK’s web of e-commerce regulations continues to grow….
Computer Forensics – a Policy Decision
Computer forensics is a discipline that is increasingly called upon to resolve a whole range of legal issues both within the workplace and outside of it. But, for most employers, their chances of carrying out a successful forensic investigation are being severely hampered by a failure to recognise the importance of defining and implementing the right kind of policy. In this article, Clifford May, principal consultant at security specialist Integralis, examines how appropriate policies can be designed and provides practical advice on the methodology of forensic investigation….
Search and Seize Orders – The Role and Responsibility of the Forensic Computing Specialist
Craig Earnshaw, head of the Forensic Computing Services group of Lee & Allen Consulting Limited, discusses the implications of an addition to the practice direction for the execution of Search and Seize Orders….
“An indigestible dish”?
In Intel Corporation v VIA Technologies (20 December 2002) [2002] EWCA Civ 1905, the Court of Appeal handed down a decision dealing substantively with the tension between intellectual property rights and competition law. The case considers the inherent rights of a patent holder, and in what circumstances those rights may be qualified or fettered by competition law. Pat Treacy of Bristows reflects on the judgment….
Automated Registration of Title
Ian A Davis, Director of Legal Services at the Registers of Scotland Executive Agency, describes the giant strides made towards automatic registration in Scotland….
SAM v Hedley’s: The TCC answers the Court of Appeal in Watford Electronics
Two cases have come out of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) in recent weeks reversing what for many had seemed to be a run of success for users against IT suppliers. In particular, when it came to applying the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA) to exclusions and limitations of liability, IT suppliers were prone to fare badly. This note from Richard Stephens reports on the recent case of SAM Business Systems Limited v Hedley and Company [2002] EWHC 2733 (TCC), a decision of Judge Bowsher QC. *This article will look at two principal issues in the judgment: the presence of bugs and their legal implications and limitations and exclusions of liability in the light of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977….
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Child Pornography on the Internet: Recent Legal Developments
In the wake of the nationwide Operation Ore Angus Hamilton looks at recent developments in the regulation of child pornography on the Internet….
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Editorial
It was a real pleasure for me to be able to attend the SCL Award Ceremony this year. I apologise most humbly to anybody who followed my tips for selecting the winner, although I never heard of any large wagers. As most will know by now, Professor Richard Susskind OBE presented the SCL Award 2003…