Letter to the Editor

Andrew Katz, Brethertons Thank you for yet another interesting and informative Computers and Law.May I be permitted to make the following point about computer cryptography: Since the technology is now widely available to enable anyone with access tothe Internet to encrypt information in a way which we are led to believe ispractically uncrackable (for example…

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Letter to the Editor

Jon Vogler, Active Backup Delia Venables’ Ten Tasks for 1999 (Dec/Jan issue) was practical anddown-to-earth advice. But by writing (in this and earlier articles) exclusivelyabout PCs she is creating the problems her advice aims to solve. Phrases like`their networks do not run very well’ or `are people allowed to put disks intotheir own PCs’ or…

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Ten Tasks for 1999

Delia Venables is a computer consultant specialising in the legal field. She also writes Information Technology articles called‘Nuggets’ as well as the Guide to the Internet for Lawyers and the InternetNewsletter for Lawyers. She can be contacted on 01273 472424 or at delia@venables.co.uk….

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civil.justice: The SCL Response

The consultation paper issued by the Lord Chancellor’s Department, civil.justice:resolving and avoiding disputes in the information age, sought responsesfrom interested parties by 18 December. SCL has responded by welcoming thethinking behind the paper and giving a detailed account of the Society’s viewson the use which the Government should make of IT in the civil justice…

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