Case Report: Thomas Kirk v Procurator Fiscal, Kirkcaldy High Court of Justiciary; Opinion in the Court of Criminal Appeal…
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Legal Aspects of the Information Society
Brigitte Zammitt reviews Ian Lloyd’s book, Legal Aspects of the Information Society (Butterworths), and reviews the topics covered in the book….
Lawyering in the Internet Era: Who Needs Paper Anyway?
Joanna Boag-Thomson reports on the Scottish Society for Computers & Law’s joint meeting with the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Law, Computers and Technology, 15 May 2001. The speaker for the evening was John Tredennick, CEO of CaseShareSystems, based in Denver, Colorado….
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Legal e-commerce
Neil Cameron explains what e-commerce is and why you need to plan to take account of it….
SCL Response to Gowers Review
SCL’s response to the Call for Evidence made by the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property has been submitted this week. A small sub-committee of SCL members has compiled SCL’s response. The committee (Gillian Cordall of Lewis Silkin, Nick Cunningham of Wragge & Co and Laurie Kaye of Laurence Kaye Solicitors) have had to work under…
The Rebirth of Limited Liability Clauses?
Margaret Harvey and Nick Rudgard analyse this recent important case, which
illustrates the reward for careful contractual drafting.
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Contracting under DSDM: A New Commercial Model
Development methods have seen a big change in the last few years, with the
undeniable trend being away from the more ‘traditional’ methods (also known
as ‘waterfall’ methods) towards some form of RAD (Rapid Application
Development). This articl…
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The Internet, Paedophilia and the ISP
The ideology of the Internet as a communications channel offering all things
to all men as the ultimate in free speech has recently come under close
scrutiny. Since the public outrage against the lenient sentences imposed on
seven men for tradi…
Entire Agreement Clauses Excluding Liability for Pre-contract Statements
Contracts for the supply of computer hardware or software frequently
incorporate entire agreement clauses. As a result of recent decisions in the
court, these clauses are undoubtedly a topic of current interest. This article
from David Blunt QC…
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Data Protection Update
There have been a number of interesting developments in data protection andinformation law generally since this column last appeared. Some are not strictlydata protection but are so closely linked that they deserve a mention. The Information Commissioner and the FOIA To start with a change of name: on 30 January, two months after the Freedomof…