Mark Garnish has recently been involved in TFB’s efforts to meet demand for remote working. This article reveals something of the process involved….
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The Cookie Monster?
Whilst the future of the edible cookie will be assured by hungry adults, children and characters from Sesame Street, the same cannot be said for its electronic namesake. The debate surrounding the use of cookies continues to be a point of contention between business, government and civil rights movements. Garry Mackay and Mark Lomas of Bevan Ashford review the position….
The Future of Ideas
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….
Expert Determination – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
Those who have dealt with a failed systems development project know that the complex legal and factual issues that arise represent a veritable ‘dripping roast’ for dispute lawyers. Coupled with the advent of the new Civil Procedure Rules in 1999, it is little wonder that dispute resolution clauses in IT contracts have become ever more prescriptive. We now often find disputes being categorised into technical, legal or commercial issues and to each is then applied an escalating range of medicines, from meetings between executives, to mediation, litigation or more and more frequently expert determination. Tim Toomey of v-lex questions this extended use of expert determination….
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Books on Computer Forensics
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….
How are law firms using IT to achieve commercial and stategic advantage?
New survey findings from PA Consulting Group and Legal IT Magazine provide insights into the use of IT in large law firms and the extent to which it supports strategic objectives….
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The National Land Information Service
Searchflow won the SCL Award 2002. Here Mark Riddick, Chief Executive Officer of Searchflow, explains what the NLIS system offers and uses the licence traditionally granted to Award winners to outline the benefits of his particular channel….
To Disclose or Not to Disclose A Follow-up
In the August/September edition of Computers & Law, Amanda Kearsley and Nick Rudgard explored the difficulties of reconciling the principles of disclosure under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) and the disclosure of personal data under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) arising from the case of Totalise plc v The Motley Fool Limited and Interactive Investor Limited (2001) P&T 764. In December 2001, the Court of Appeal overturned the costs order made at the original hearing and set out the principles for the future. The new approach will have a significant impact on the position of organisations, such as Web site operators, from whom disclosures of information may be sought. This article reviews that approach….
Meeting the Cybercrime Challenge
This is an extract from the speech of Lord Goldsmith QC, the Attorney-General, at the SCL Award ceremony on 21 January….
Letter to the Editor
Following the article on the SCL Web site and many reports elsewhere, I thought I would add a little realism to the debate. 1. Cookies don’t work for decent marketing in many situations because most home PCs and many work PCs will be used by several people, but the cookies will treat them as a…