scl-paullauria, Author at Society for Computers & Law

e is for Evidence

November 1, 2002

In September 2002, a new question was added to AmLaw Tech’s survey on the use of IT in the top 200 American law firms. The question was ‘Which electronic evidence vendor do you use to retrieve and organize computer files turned over in discovery’. 75% of the US firms cited a preferred vendor. Adrian Palmer is sure that if the same question were asked of the UK’s legal community, it would most likely remain unanswered, or be confused with those companies that scan paper documents into their litigation support systems….

Editorial

November 1, 2002

“Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket” said George Orwell. But when the stick is taken from the bucket and chases you wherever you go it is much more disturbing. I find myself suffering from the slings and arrows of the Web marketeers on a daily basis. It is bad enough…

Complying with the Disability Discrimination Act

August 31, 2002

Lee Corless gives a rundown on the technical and legal issues….

Jarndyce case-managed

August 31, 2002

A digest of an edition of Bleak House updated to take account of modern developments and reforms and to convey the impression that everything in the legal garden is rosy, the fog having been quite swept away. Edited by Richard Harrison…

Interview with John Yates

August 31, 2002

Laurence Eastham interviewed John Yates of v-lex, the SCL Joint Chairman, about his interest in IT law, his career and his plans for SCL’s future….

Editorial

August 31, 2002

Lawtel The announcement that, with effect from 1 August, Lawtel was to become part of Sweet & Maxwell left me rather sad. And I was genuinely fearful for the future of online legal publishing. While Sweet & Maxwell have a long and illustrious history and have achieved considerable improvements in their online products, they are…

SCL: Major IT Law Events

August 31, 2002

This issue is accompanied by the brochure for the Annual IT Law Review, held in Bath in November. But it is not the only major IT law event from SCL in the coming months. The Internet Interest Group is hosting an International Symposium in October….

Backbytes

August 31, 2002

D’ya nard ‘er? Notwithstanding my comments in the last issue, reader, I acquired one. An HP Jornada 568 that is, following Neil Cameron’s tempting review in issue vol 13, issue 1. A tribute to the power of the media. Despite its present lack of Internet connectivity, it is now my ‘preferred mobile solution’. It updates…

Letter to the Editor

August 31, 2002

A small error crept into the last paragraph of Michael Hirst’s otherwise useful article on Cyberobscenity and jurisdiction. (I was the defence expert in Waddon and consulted though not instructed in Perrin.) The strict liability offence for possession of child pornography is in fact s160 Criminal Justice Act 1988 not the Criminal Justice and Public…