Victoria Moore’s experience at City firms and as senior in-house counsel gave her an absorbing interest in what firms and partners must do in order to make technology work for them and to deliver legal services to increasingly demanding and sophisticated clients.
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In the hustle and bustle of general legal practice where billable hours, legal aid and court diaries conspire to heap pressure on lawyers, it is easy to forget that the law applies to us too. Stephen Moore and William Milliken remind us of one new potential liability.
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At first sight, law and the provision of legal advice seems the ideal ground for the application of artificial intelligence. Alastair Morrison wonders whether the AI promise is at last edging towards realisation and asks serious questions about its current relevance.
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The battle between file-sharers and the film and music industries throws up some interesting issues. Gary Fotios looks at some of them.
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Renzo Marchini reports on the Court of Appeal’s judgment on 1 April in Cyprotex Discovery Ltd v The University of Sheffield [2004] EWCA Civ 380.
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Judge Woodward and his staff gave Laurence Eastham a tour of the pilot scheme for Virtual Plea and Directions Hearings which is in place at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester and an account of the other IT-related projects that aim to increase the efficiency of the administration of criminal justice.
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Laurence Eastham looks at the creation of new SCL Groups.
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David Andrews died on 27 February after a long illness bravely borne. Simon Chalton has, at SCL’s request, contributed a short tribute.
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New e-mail guidelines for solicitors acknowledge the importance of this major communication tool. SCL’s Nigel Miller welcomes the guidelines and Laurence Eastham suggests areas for improvement.
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The International Federation of Computer Law Associations’ Conference takes place in Oxford on 8 and 9 July.
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