The EU Commission has published a press release that indicates that agreement has been reached…
The Age Mess and Law Reform
It’s not just the age of data consent that needs resolving…
Predictions 2016: Joanna Goodman
A bumper start to the predictions week with a full set from Joanna Goodman…
Predictions 2016: Graham Hann
A bumper set of tech predictions from Joanna Goodman started the day and Graham Hann has another bumper set on emerging technology and the impact on (and of) law to give you more food for thought…
Predictions 2016: Greg Wildisen
Our third set of predictions of the day focuses on ‘Smart Apps’ and ‘Algorithmic Law’…
New Initiatives from the IT Law Community
It can be tempting at this time of year to focus on the very short term – to aim just to get through to the New Year with a festive celebration or two to complicate matters. I was delighted to see that two of our SCL members are prepared to think longer term and are…
Predictions 2016: Gideon Shirazi
My predictions for 2016 are: • The UK Supreme Court will give further judgments emphasising the words used in contracts, applied to other contractual clauses. • The courts will expand the duty of good faith in outsourcing contracts. • A high profile company will be caught carrying out a cyber-attack on another. • The EU…
Predictions 2016: Stephen Mason
Finally, judges and lawyers will have to understand that computers are not ‘reliable’, and the presumption of ‘reliability’ should not apply. The Post Office Horizon system will come under the scrutiny of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. The publication of the full transcript of the trial of {i}R v Seem Misra{/i} will help the process…
Developments in the Digital Single Market Strategy
Mark Owen and Adam Rendle provide a valuable summary of the proposed strategy for the DSM…
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EDPS Registers Concern over Pending PNR Agreement
The European Data Protection Supervisor has expressed real concern over the move to agree a new Passenger Name Record (PNR) scheme…
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