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Claims for Wasted Management Time in IT Implementation Disputes

August 31, 2002

The Holman case has once again highlighted the risk of claims against suppliers for wasted management time in IT implementation disputes. Tim Strong, partner in the IT dispute resolution team at Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, reviews the development of claims of this nature, taking a look at some of the general principles applied by the courts in assessing damages….

Electronic Disclosure – The Way Ahead

August 31, 2002

Over the last century, apart from direct testimony, paper evidence has been the most compelling form of evidence in trying criminal and civil cases. However, with the advent of computers and information technology the dependence on paper documents as the major source of evidence, other than testimony, is changing. The real question, say Chris O’Reilly (Director of International Litigation Support at LDM) and Jason Derting (who owns Pacific Legal), is whether the legal community has kept pace with the phenomenal growth in computer technology and whether it is aware of the significance of computer-generated data in the disclosure process….

Jarndyce case-managed

August 31, 2002

A digest of an edition of Bleak House updated to take account of modern developments and reforms and to convey the impression that everything in the legal garden is rosy, the fog having been quite swept away. Edited by Richard Harrison…

E-mail and the Legal Profession

June 30, 2002

Lee Harris of DeltaSeal Software looks at encryption and e-mail control and gives a positive view on the value of e-mail….

Naomi Campbell: drugs, distress and the Data Protection Act

June 30, 2002

In the first case of its kind, Naomi Campbell successfully sued Mirror Group Newspapers for damage and distress caused by breach of the Data Protection Act 1998. Partner Nigel Wildish and assistant Marcus Turle of City law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse discuss the case and the legal implications of which online publishers should be aware….

Evolution of Litigation Support Systems

June 30, 2002

Richard Brockbank responds to Richard Harrison’s article in the Feb/March issue (vol12, issue 6), The E-mail of the Species. He maintains an understandably greater faith in litigation support systems….

Cyberobscenity and the Ambit of English Criminal Law

June 30, 2002

Professor Michael Hirst of De Montfort University looks at a recent case and questions the Court of Appeals’s approach. Professor Hirst is a contributing author to Blackstone’s Criminal Practice and a widely published author on evidence and criminal law issues….

Data Protection Update

April 30, 2002

Europe The Council of Europe Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to the automatic processing of personal data (Treaty 108), which was the main impetus for the UK’s Data Protection Act 1984, has been extended by an additional protocol covering the powers of supervisory authorities and the rules for transborder data flows. The…

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Games People Play

April 30, 2002

John McKinlay looks at the particular issues to be considered in negotiating and advising on software development contracts in the games industry. John acts for VIS Entertainment plc, developers of the chart-topping State of Emergency game….

Expert Determination – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

March 1, 2002

Those who have dealt with a failed systems development project know that the complex legal and factual issues that arise represent a veritable ‘dripping roast’ for dispute lawyers. Coupled with the advent of the new Civil Procedure Rules in 1999, it is little wonder that dispute resolution clauses in IT contracts have become ever more prescriptive. We now often find disputes being categorised into technical, legal or commercial issues and to each is then applied an escalating range of medicines, from meetings between executives, to mediation, litigation or more and more frequently expert determination. Tim Toomey of v-lex questions this extended use of expert determination….