Professor Richard Susskind’s ground-breaking book, The Future of Law, is now 20 years old. How have the radical predictions he made in that book fared? The SCL Annual Lecture, presented on Thursday 6 October was his chance to let us know and David Chaplin here attempts to summarise Richard’s conclusions….
News from the SCL Chair
Mark O’Conor with the latest news from SCL…
Moving Forward with the Better Contracts Initiative
The SCL Better Contracts Initiative is entering its second phase. SCL outlines progress to date and outlines the plans for further refinement…
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CPD Online: Foundations Cycle 2, Module 7 – Risk, Cyber and Computer Misuse
Questions arising from the podcast of the meeting on 14 September 2016. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC47 – CPD: 2 hours…
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Whose personal data is it anyway?
David Hart QC looks at a recent High Court judgment where the data protection and privacy rights of a doctor under GMC investigation clashed with those of his patient…
Coding for Lawyers
John McKinlay looks forward to a journey involving learning to code…
SCL Lecture 2016 – What to Expect
Some details about the material to be covered in the forthcoming SCL Lecture, Upgrading Justice, are now available…
Algorithms, Social Media and Mental Health
Heike Felzmann and Rónán Kennedy address many of the issues surrounding the use of algorithms to assess mental health from public social media contributions, including some legal and ethical concerns…
Subject Access Requests and Unfair Dismissal
Clare Edwards reflects on a recent employment tribunal ruling…
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Book Review: The Online Court: Will IT Work?
Laurence Eastham reviews this useful and timely publication from Joshua Rozenberg…
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