Dawson-Damer: The Irresistible Rise of the DPA
Christopher Knight summarises an important Court of Appeal judgment on subject access requests and legal professional privilege….
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Privacy & Data Protection
When Neighbours Fall Out: The DPA Twist
Martin Sloan and Leigh Gapinski consider a recent case where the court awarded £17,000 in damages for breaches of the DPA in relation to domestic CCTV…
AI in the Legal Sector: Debunking the Myths
Robert Morley embraces the potential of AI in legal but believes that AI will only ever be a useful tool – a servant rather than the lawyer’s master…
Blockchain: From Theory to Practice
Sue McLean takes a careful look at a series of common questions that arise, and are likely to arise with increasing frequency, where support is sought from practitioners on a blockchain project…
Issues in Global Sourcing Transactions
Mike Pierides, Sarah Atkinson and Dan Coen cover the basic, and crucial, issues that need to be considered when multi-jurisdictional outsourcing contracts are in contemplation…
Data Protection: Subject Access Rights
A recent High Court judgment concerned the adequacy of a search following a subject access request and the limits of legal professional privilege in that context…
European Commission’s Internal Task Force on FinTech
Pearse Ryan and Robert Cain highlight the role of an EU task force and the issues it is likely to address…
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Trust me, I’m a computer
Manish Soni sheds some light on a vital area – trusted computing – which underpins our computing and which few IT lawyers understand…
Facebook, Illegality and the E-commerce Directive
In light of the judgment in CG v Facebook in the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal, Professor Lorna Woods asks: when is Facebook liable for illegal content under the E-commerce Directive?…
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Freedom of Movement
Laurence Eastham offers a cautionary tale about the monitoring of movements…