Following his recent trip to China, Richard Susskind reflects on the pace of change on legal technology there, sensing a swing of the pendulum and assessing the implications that may have for the legal landscape in the UK and beyond…
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A joint team from Wavelength Law and the Law Society of England and Wales won the Online Courts Hackathon on 2 July with their slick ‘pathfinder’ technology and voice interaction with COLIN (the Courts OnLINe help agent). Laurence Eastham asked Drew Winlaw and Ben Gardner from Wavelength and Sophia Adams Bhatti from the Law Society for their thoughts about the experience, the collaboration and the future uses of the hackathon’s ideas….
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Based on his presentation at the SCL Conference in June, John C. Buyers takes us on a tour of the AI issues for tech lawyers and points out the hotspots…
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The DEA implementation is now underway as the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/765) is published….
Ashley Hurst sets out an approach to fake news that shifts the focus away from some of the more strident ‘calls for action’…
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Olivia Whitcroft takes a careful look at DPIAs in light of the further guidance on the GDPR that has been issued since its finalisation…
Dr Paul Lambert summarises an important judgment of the Canadian Supreme Court and comments on its global impact…
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Mild rebuke for Royal Free after ‘serious shortcomings’ in provision of patient details to DeepMind…
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This essay from Daniel Zwi was one of two highly commended entries for the SCL Essay Prize 2017…
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The second edition of Tomorrow’s Lawyers, updated from its original 2013 publication, ought to be re-titled ‘I told you so’. Professor Susskind has been writing on the future of the legal profession for the past two decades, gaining the title of legal futurologist along the way. 2015’s ‘The Future of the Professions’ forecast a future…