Susan McGhie Sang is an associate solicitor at Myers Fletcher& Gordon, Hammersmith, London and can be contacted on 0171 610 4433. The Millennium Bug is perhaps the best known personality of 1999. As theworld prepares for 1 January, 2000 in the hope that most of its anticipatedcomputer problems will have been solved or minimised by…
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Adrienne Seaman is an assistant solicitor in StephensonHarwood’s IT and Telecomms Unit. Her focus is increasingly on e-commerce andshe has recently been involved in advising a range of clients, includingretailers, financial service providers and banks on the establishment andoperation of Internet trade. The increasing importance of e-commerce is seen every day, with pressattention focusing on…
Stephen Mason is a Barrister who specialises in e-commerce,Information Technology and contract law. He is also a consultant to KaltonsSolicitors. Telephone 01462 701098 or 020 7278 1817; email scwm@scwm.co.uk. The fourth edition of his e-book, ‘The Year 2000: A guide tothe legal issues for business’ is available as a free download from www.reachoutmedia.com.The third edition…
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Wendy Beecham was interviewed by Laurence Eastham, themagazine’s Co-ordinating Editor. The arrival of a new MD at Sweet & Maxwell, the oldest legal publisher,is not an obvious source of news for SCL’s members – a brief snippetperhaps, but hardly grounds for a full-scale interview. In fact such has beenthe frequency of change in that post…
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As part of our declared aim to keep readers aware of the latest cases, we publish brief summaries of the IT cases covered by Lawtel in October and November, plus one hot case from December.
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Bristol was the venue for the latest SCL Information Technology for Lawyers Workshop and Exhibition….
Johan Hall of NETLEX Legal & Financial Portals (www.netlex.net) reports on a Meeting of the Scottish Group held jointly with theIn-House Lawyers Group of the Law Society of Scotland at Standard Life, Tanfield,Edinburgh, 13 October 1999. E-commerce and new software can revolutionise the way legal services aredelivered. The Desktop Lawyer Service (www.desktoplawyer.net) and the Rapidocsoftware…
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From John Sibbald, Chairman Scottish Group Chris Reed and John Irving helpfully described the Proposals for theRe-structuring the Society in the October/November 1999 issue. The ScottishGroup would indeed support their view that the Society is at a watershed.However, the Scottish Group is unable to support the Proposals as the best wayforward for the Society to…
Millennium Legal Motorway The lasting mark for the millennium in my immediate neighbourhood is asweeping bridge and revitalised railway track – Black Dog Halt, the redundantstation, is now part of the scenery on the Millennium Cycleway. It seemed to mea fitting way to celebrate the event – something useful and lasting whichwould improve the quality…