Book Review 1
Year 2000: Law and Liability by Susan Singleton, Sweet & Maxwell, 1998. £99.
Countdown to 2000: A Guide to the Legal Issues by Halberstam Elias & Co, Butterworths, 1998. £45…
Intellectual Property
Looking Back, Looking Forwards
Sir Brian Neill is a former President and now is Vice-President of SCL. He was Chairman of ITAC from 1985 to 1996. Although now retired as aCourt of Appeal judge, he continues to sit there from time to time and retainsan active role in the propagation of the use of IT in the law. He is a member ofthe Civil Justice IT Strategy Development Group. This is an edited version ofSir Brian’s speech at the 25th Anniversary Dinner….
The Times Law Reports on CD-ROM
Glen Davis is a barrister at 3-4 South Square, Gray’s Inn. He is the magazine’s joint technical editor….
An Immodest Proposal – how to solve all domain name disputes at no cost to anyone
Alistair Breward is a solicitor in the IT/Telecoms Group at Taylor Joynson Garrett….
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Insuring Y2K Claims – When to Notify?
Kit is a senior assistant solicitor at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert specialising in IT, IP and Commercial Contract issues. Shanthini is a solicitorat Barlow Lyde & Gilbert specialising in IT Law. She is also secretary ofthe SCL London Group….
Investing in Computers – Using Surveys to Obtain the Comfort Factor
David Higdon is a registered Law Society consultant for the provision of strategic computer and Lexcel consultancy to legal practices.He isa partner in James & Cowper and a leading member of their legal servicesteam. He can be contacted by telephone on 01189 590261 or by e-mail at dhigdon@jamescowper.co.uk….
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Obtaining Computer Skills
Delia Venables is a computer consultant specialising in the legal market. This article is a version of one of her 1998 series of Nuggetts.Delia also writes 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….
Securing Domain Name Registrations
Nicholas Wood is a director of Net Searchers International Ltd, the UK based company which assists brand and trademark specialists to protect intellectual property on the Internet through audits, searching, monitoring, tracking and registrations….
Consequential Loss and IT Lawyers
Richard Harrison uses the recent British Sugar case to take stock of a potentially confusing area of law. Richard is a litigation partner in Laytons and can be contacted on 0171 842 8000 or rmh@laytons.com….
IFCLA Conference
The International Federation of Computer Law Associations’ Conference takes place in Oxford on 8 and 9 July….