A leisure centre employee has been prosecuted for unlawfully obtaining health information of over 2,000 people…
Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 4, A Meaty Miscellany
With contributions from a lawyer working in the computer industry, an innovative provider of online legal services, a barrister with IT nous and hands-on litigation experience and a leading expert on evidence and documentation issues, these predictions range widely and offer intriguing points for all…
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Accessibility of Public Sector Bodies’ Web Sites
The European Commission has published a proposal for a directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ web sites…
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Facebook Comments from Employees: Latest High Court Guidance
Oliver Neil reports and comments on a recent High Court judgment which provides further guidance on Facebook comments by employees and the limits of employer policies…
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Maintaining Balance: Norwich Pharmacal and Data Protection
Joel Smith and Christopher Sharp consider the recent Supreme Court decision concerning obtaining information about wrongdoers, particularly the use of Norwich Pharmacal relief and the balance to be struck with the data protection rights of individuals…
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Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 3, Some Prominent IT Lawyers
Here are predictions from IT lawyers Graham Smith, Robin Fry and Beverley Flynn, focusing mainly on 2013….
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Leveson and Data Protection
In the welter of coverage of the Leveson Report, data protection issues have not been given much prominence but they will matter to SCL members….
Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 1, DLA Piper Predictions
By strange coincidence, the first three contributions received in response to our call for predictions all came from people working at DLA Piper, the ‘global law firm’. They deserve their own special moment as a reward for a prompt response….
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Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 2, Masters of Legal IT
When you get Charles Christian, Jan Durant, Andrew Haslam and Charles Holloway in one predictions posting, the combined weight of experience and perception threatens to imbalance the Internet. We decided to risk it….
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Law Commission Consultation on Contempt of Court
The Law Commission has opened a consultation which raises questions about how the traditional approach to contempt can co-exist with the new media…
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