Iain G. Mitchell, Q.C., a member of the Scottish Committee of the Society for Computers and Law and a Senior Counsel at theScottish Bar, with an extensive civil practice, reports on a Scottish GroupMeeting held in Edinburgh on Tuesday 22nd September 1998 at the Law Society ofScotland….
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Peter Reekie is Director of the Computer Teaching andDevelopment Unit at the College of Law. He may be contacted by e-mail at peter_reekie@lawcol.co.uk….
Anne Fairhurst is a partner with George Davies and Co, a 14 partner firm in Manchester….
John Irving is an independent IT consultant and, from January,will be Joint Chair- IT of SCL. He may be contacted at john.irving@dial.pipex.comor on 01603 782286….
Geoff Hoon MP, the new Minister of State at the Lord Chancellor’s Department, has announced that the Department is to produce a 5 – 15 year strategy for the use of information technology in support of the civil justice system….
As part of the Government’s drive to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the criminal justice system, a new inter-agencyinitiative for Integrating Business and Information Systems – the IBISinitiative – has been launched….
Richard Strother is a former partner and now consultant with the Southampton firm, McCarrahers. He can be contacted at enquiries@mccarrahers.co.ukor RichardStrother@compuserve.comor alternatively by fax on 01703 330954….
Embraceable WWWho Nick Holmes, Director, Information for Lawyers Limited `33% [of practices have] a website’ Law Firms Embrace Computer Technology,June/July 98 issue p24 – I think not. 33% of practices who responded to the Lawnet/James & Cowper survey maywell have a website, but this is in no way reflects the position in theprofession as a…
Ed Dean is Chair of the SCL Award Committee and is Head of Technology at Lovell White Durrant.
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Computers are now used extensively by legal staff in most areas of the practice, according to a new IT survey of legal practices. In particular over the last three years, Internet access has become more important, with 63% of practices having an e-mail address and 33% a web site. The survey was carried out by…