RollAroundFriday Some time ago, this column contained an obituary for the pioneering legal bulletin board, ‘Link’. This was a dial-up service on which lawyers exchanged news and views and occasionally met up for a drink. It sank before catching the Web wave. If you want some reassurance that some lawyers at least have a life,…
Evolution of Litigation Support Systems
Richard Brockbank responds to Richard Harrison’s article in the Feb/March issue (vol12, issue 6), The E-mail of the Species. He maintains an understandably greater faith in litigation support systems….
Don’t Always Believe what you Reed
On 20 May 2002, Mr Justice Pumfrey gave judgment in the case of (1) Reed Executive Plc (2) Reed Solutions Plc v (1) Reed Business Information Limited (2) Reed Elsevier (UK) Limited (3) totaljobs.com Limited. The case explored for the first time in any detail the extent to which the use of various optimisation techniques for Web sites could give rise to new forms of trade mark infringement and passing off. Ian Jeffery of Lewis Silkin reports on the case and offers his comments….
Cyberobscenity and the Ambit of English Criminal Law
Professor Michael Hirst of De Montfort University looks at a recent case and questions the Court of Appeals’s approach. Professor Hirst is a contributing author to Blackstone’s Criminal Practice and a widely published author on evidence and criminal law issues….
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New Chairmen for SCL: Interview with Nigel Miller
Nigel Miller of Fox Williams, is one of the new Joint Chairmen of SCL. Laurence Eastham interviewed him to find out something more about him and to pursue some of the points raised in the recent letter to members….
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Editorial
E-Conveyancing The timing of the publication of the Land Registry’s consultation document on e-conveyancing (www.e-conveyancing.gov.uk) meant that there was little point in this magazine merely reporting the proposals as they had been widely reported in mainstream publications. We have recently included considerable coverage of the general issues involved; indeed this issue looks at PISCES, which…
BT Broadband
We asked BT for an article addressing the difficulties that are arising on implementation. These answers to some of the frequently asked questions BTopenworld receives from customers implementing broadband are what we got. Hopefully they will assist. In addition, there is a useful page on the BTopenworld site at www.btopenworld.com/business/channel/ 0,,csn=337,00.html. This has a list of frequently asked questions and provides detailed, step-by-step solutions to them. For example, it outlines how to set up an Internet dialer. Don’t miss the chance to let us know about your experience of broadband, and possible alternatives at lseastham@aol.com….
e-learning – Some Legal Considerations
e-learning is an important and growing area for e-commerce lawyers. James Humphrey-Evans discusses some of the issues involved….
Virtual Monopoly
Andrew Katz of Moorcrofts reviews Virtual Monopoly, by Dr Christopher G Pike, published 2001 by Nicholas Brealey Publishing (£19.99)….