The judgment in De Beers UK Ltd v Atos Origin IT Services UK Ltd has been published and shows a sad tale of scope creep and competing claims to the right to repudiate. It also has interesting lessons on damages and quantum….
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Each year we ask experts in a wide variety of fields for their views on the likely developments in the year ahead. This is a selection of the predictions published on the SCL web site that relate to IT law or which focus on the trends in IT which are likely to affect IT lawyers…
Each year we ask experts in a wide variety of fields for their views on the likely developments in the year ahead. This is a selection of the predictions published on the SCL web site that relate to technological developments that affect legal practice and the forecast changes for e-disclosure, electronic evidence and forensics…
Future Content My heading suggests that I am about to outline our programme of articles and features for 2011. But, since our aim is always to respond with great agility to the events shaping the legal IT landscape, I cannot say that I know much about what is to come past February. My heading is…
In the second in our Back to Basics series, Michael Taylor and Matthew Lavy consider the drafting and effects of two types of clause that are almost inevitable features of IT contracts: the exclusion clause and the limitation of liability clause….
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Seen with increasing frequency in IT contract disputes, but still too often left in the wings, expert determination has the potential to play a major role in the resolution of IT-related disputes. David Blunt QC and Richard Osborne bring it into the full glare of the spotlight….
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Here is the fourth course in the predictions banquet. There are predictions from Chris Dale, Monica Horten and Mark Turner. Since I dare not allocate anyone to the cheese course, let’s call this coffee and mints or, given the season and the substantial fare that is still on offer, coffee and mince pies….
In a decision as remarkable for its amusement value as for its value as a precedent in law, the General Court has ordered the Commission to pay Systran liquidated damages of over €12 million…
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A sweet and creamy dessert course for the predictions banquet – predictions from Bill Jones, Jane Seager, Peter Birley, Andrew Tibber and Tracey Stretton….
Are you paralysed with anxiety when faced with electronic evidence issues? Do you give into temptation and just bring in an expert and stop thinking about it? Jan Collie focuses on the practical and suggests a more mature approach for lawyers to take….