Autonomous Vehicles: An Ethical and Legal Approach

This is the essay from Lottie Michael which won the SCL Essay Prize for 2017

CPD Online: June/July 2017 Edition of Computers & Law

Questions arising from the June/July 2017 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme - Course code HW/SFCL:OC55 - CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes

CPD Online: SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme: Module 11 - Renegotiation and Disputes

Questions arising from the SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme: Module 11 - Renegotiation & Disputes course held on 15 May 2017. SCL Online CPD Scheme - Course code HW/SFCL:OC54 - CPD: 2 hours

Editorial June/July

Laurence Eastham reviews this issue and some forthcoming SCL events

A Glimpse of the Future and Back to Basics

Mark O’Conor, the SCL Chair, reflects on a successful SCL Conference, held on 8 June, extols the virtues of keeping up to date with trends and technology, and looks forward to the Back to Basics Technology Conference in September

The Pirate Bay and ‘Making Available’

The CJEU has held that online sharing platforms may be infringing copyright by enabling those accessing material in a way which undermines copyright protection

Privacy Shield Review: A Warning Shot?

A press release from the Article 29 Working Party may amount to a warning about the long-term stability of the privacy shield.

The SCL Annual Conference 2017: A Sketch

David Chaplin, the SCL's Development Editor, offers some brief observations on last week's outstanding Annual Conference

The SCL Annual Conference 2017 in an infograph

Ryan Adams, of Shulmans, sums up the 2017 Annual Conference in an infograph. Ryan attended the event under the 'Rising Star' initiative that provides bursaries to help with costs for newly qualified solicitors working in IT law.

CPD Online: SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme: Module 10 - Big Data and IoT

Questions arising from the SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme: Module 10 - Big Data and IoT course held on 16 March 2017. SCL Online CPD Scheme - Course code HW/SFCL:OC53 - CPD: 2 hours

Better Contracts

If you missed the highly informative and very lively SCL Conference session on the Better Contracts initiative, Andrew Hooles explains why change is needed and outlines the developments to date

Time to Speak up for Article 15

Graham Smith is one of the speakers at the SCL Conference in the session covering new trends in data interception, use and retention. While this piece from Graham does not reflect his input in that focused session, it is an important contribution to the much-needed debate on Internet freedoms.

RegTech: When Regulation Meets Technology

What is RegTech? Lorraine Chimbga and Ryan Barnes give the answers and explain why it is having an impact on the financial industry and how it might have an impact on lawyers too.

Book Review: Collisions in the Digital Paradigm

Laurence Eastham reviews a new book from David J Harvey, Collisions in the Digital Paradigm: Law and Rule Making in the Internet Age (Hart Publishing; 401 pp: ISBN 978-1-50990-652-9)

Book Review: Queer Privacy

Neil Brown reviews Sarah Jamie Lewis’s edited book ‘Queer Privacy’, and reflects on what lawyers and privacy advisors can do differently in light of its message.

SCL Student Essay Prize 2017 Winner

The winner of the SCL Essay Prize is Lottie Michael.

Online Courts Hackathon - Saturday 1st - Sunday 2nd July 2017, London

The Society for Computers and Law, Legal Geek and the Judiciary of England and Wales have joined forces to stage a Hackathon devoted to online courts and digital justice.

SCL Outsourcing Group event: “You Know Your Outsourcing Project is Heading for the Rocks When….” - Tuesday 4 July 2017, London

Valuing “Value Add” - Wednesday 5 July 2017, London

An invitation to participate in a discussion on research by the SCL Knowledge Management Group

SCL Foundations of IT Law: Module 12 "An Introduction to Regulated Environments" - Tuesday 11 July 2017, London

SCL Conference "Back to basics: the technology" - Tuesday 19 September 2017, London

Putting the ‘tech’ into ‘tech law’'