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…
Mike Robinson is Head of Bevan Ashford Solicitors IT Department….
Martin Risely works for Cadence Europress Ltd, a developer of legal software….
Peter Cochrane is Head of BT Research Laboratories.
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The International Federation of Computer Law Associations’ Conference takes place in Oxford on 8 and 9 July….
The Rt Hon Lord Justice Brooke is President of the Society for Computers and Law….
Rico Calleja is an Information Lawyer in the Media and Communications Group at Theodore Goddard. He may be contacted on ricocalleja@theodoregoddard.co.uk…
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The Information Commission has released its controversial code of practice, which states that employers can no longer use covert ways to snoop on employeee-mail. Employers should provide staff with private e-mail and Internet accounts and cannot monitor e-mails – even if there is reason to believe they are of a personal nature. The code is designed to be a guideline for the RIP legislation. Paul Rutherford of Clearswift asks what this means for employers and employees alike? What does this mean for Internet and e-mail monitoring companies in the security arena that have products relying on this revenue income?…
Stephen Moore wonders whether the overuse of e-mail might kill off client relationships and looks at an alternative to e-mailed newsletters….
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