Developments in Public Procurement Law
Jenny Skilbeck covers recent developments affecting the Remedies Directive, the limitation period and variations to existing contract,s including the important new case of Uniplex….
Litigation & DR
Unticking the Boxes – should IT laws comply with a post-crunch ethos?
In a thought-provoking piece arising from last year’s SCL Policy Forum, Graham Smith challenges some assumptions, queries a number of assertions and analyses the legislative approach that gives us most of our IT law. But he offers little hope for a future of better legislation in the field….
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How To Make Bad Law
Professor Chris Reed draws some lessons from the experience of law-making in the computing and communications sector. He suggests that a focus on technical precision has given us some pretty bad law….
BSkyB v EDS – Fraudulent Misrepresentation Claims Partially Upheld – £200 Million Damages Award Anticipated
The long-awaited judgment in BSkyB v EDS was handed down on 26 January 2010….
India: Forum Shopping and Web Presence
Ranjan Narula and Raka Roy consider the implications of a ruling in the Delhi High Court where the Court tried to set out a specific guideline on resolving jurisdictional issues arising in online transactions….
Civil Monetary Penalties for Data Breaches
Following a positive response to its consultation, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the new monetary penalties regime will come into effect on 6 April 2010….
Do We Need a Constitution for the Information Age?
Mark Turner examines the defects in existing systems for agreeing international obligations of the kind that are vital to the flowering of the information age. The disintermediation of government leads him to suggest a constitutional convention for the information age….
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Why Does This Have to Be So Difficult?
Joel Harrison bemoans the unnecessary hurdles placed in the way of transfers to data processors outside the EEA. He suggests a way to end the ‘burden’ on gleeful bureaucrats and ease the life of the data protection lawyer….
Data Protection: The New Technical and Political Environment
Ian Brown paints a picture of a rapidly changing data protection landscape, with the dangers arising from technical revolutions and political adjustments in the foreground…
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Predictions 2010: E-disclosure
We asked experts in various fields for their take on likely developments for 2010 and beyond. The predictions are published on the SCL Web site. This is a selection of predictions relating to e-disclosure and related issues….