Take the SCL official test below, devised by Andy Lucas,to see if you really were justified in not attending. Andrew Lucas is asolicitor in Eversheds Birmingham computer law unit specialising innon-contentious IT law. He may be e-mailed at AndrewLucas@eversheds.co.uk.
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Richard Chapman is a solicitor in the litigation department of Clifford Chance with a special interest in IT. He has previously worked as an IT consultant for Logica plc. He can be contacted by e-mail at richard.chapman@cliffordchance.com.
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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.
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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.
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Peter Cochrane is Head of BT Research Laboratories.
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Christine Yates is IT Manager at Oxley & Coward of Rotherham.
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David Higdon is a registered Law Society consultant for the provision of strategic computer and Lexcel consultancy to legal practices.He isa partner in James & Cowper and a leading member of their legal servicesteam. He can be contacted by telephone on 01189 590261 or by e-mail at dhigdon@jamescowper.co.uk.
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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.
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Delia Venables is a computer consultant specialising in the legal market. This article is a version of one of her 1998 series of Nuggetts.Delia also writes the Guide to the Internet for Lawyers and the InternetNewsletter for Lawyers. She can be contacted on 01273 472424 or at delia@venables.co.uk.
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Nicholas Wood is a director of Net Searchers International Ltd, the UK based company which assists brand and trademark specialists to protect intellectual property on the Internet through audits, searching, monitoring, tracking and registrations.
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