Blockchain: Spider or Starfish Effect?
Richard French examines the blockchain technology and discusses some of its legal aspects…
Litigation & DR
Free WiFi and Copyright Breaches: Advocate General’s Opinion
Advocate General Szpunar has published his Opinion on the issue of whether the operator of a business which offers a free Wi-Fi network is liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network…
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False, Fake and Facebook
Three unrelated developments show the disconnect between reality and the Internet’s version of it…
Cybercrime Legislative Developments in Ireland
Pearse Ryan, Tom Browne and Sarah McDermott consider the impact of a recently introduced Bill and summarise its most noteworthy aspects…
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User-friendly T&Cs: BIS Consultation Underway
The Department for Business Innovation & Skills has published a new consultation ‘seeking views on how terms and conditions (T&Cs) can be made more user-friendly and on proposals to introduce fines for unfair terms’…
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Social Media Prosecution Guidelines: CPS Consultation
The CPS has published new guidelines on the prosecution of those who abuse victims online and is seeking views on those revised guidelines…
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Privacy Shield Draft Text Published
The EU Commission has published the text of various documents that aim to ‘restore trust in transatlantic data flows’…
New SCL Chair’s Vision for the Future
This is an exciting time for technology and the legal frameworks that touch and are touched by technology. This Society exists to enable us all to share and learn from each other in our chosen area. We are a collective of some of the brightest and most innovative minds, undertaking ground-breaking work. If we can…
Matter over Mind? The Impact of Recent Case Law on IT Contracts
Alex Shattock and Gideon Shirazi consider recent case law on contractual interpretation and what it might mean for IT contracts by reference to a common scenario in IT outsourcing…
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Express Obligations of Good Faith In IT/Outsourcing Agreements
Michael Butterworth and Rachel Kane review a wide range of cases where the courts have been asked to consider the impact of an obligation to exercise ‘good faith’ and draw useful lessons from them…
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