New OFT Guidance on IT Consumer Contracts
Nick Graham and Mark Young give the low-down on the OFT Guidance….
Litigation & DR
Controlling Time and Cost in IT Projects
Jonathan Westwell and Stuart Wilks discuss the role that the law can have in controlling time and preventing or managing delay. They also seek to promote the use of critical path methodology as a project management tool….
Contracting for Disaster
Kit Burden highlights the importance of contracts for disaster recovery and business continuity services and suggests some terms which require special attention….
Construction of Contracts
Anna Cook examines judicial views on the weight to be attached to extrinsic evidence when interpreting contracts….
Denial of Service Attacks – Realism Prevails
Mark Lewis gives an account of the facts and judgment in DPP v Lennon [2006] EWHC 1201 (Admin) and considers the implications of the Divisional Court’s principal ruling…
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SCL Essay Prize Winner
Helena Beasley of the University of Sheffield has won the SCL Essay Prize….
Sourcing in a Multi-Vendor Environment
Duncan Pithouse considers some of the principal contractual issues arising when implementing a multi-sourcing strategy….
International Libel and Privacy Handbook
Danilo Leonardi reviews “International Libel & Privacy Handbook: A Global Reference for Journalists, Publishers, Webmasters, and Lawyers” edited by Charles J. Glasser Jr., Bloomberg Press: New York, 2006: 384 pp, £55 (distributed in the UK by Kogan Page)…
Denial of Service Attacks and Computer Misuse
News on DPP v Lennon…
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Open Source Software: An Opening Resource
Andrew Katz explains what open source software is, why it matters and provides starter signposts, indicating the ways in which it is likely to influence your IT law practice….