Ben Goodger reports on the Thames Valley Group meeting which took place on 13 June….
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SSCL Annual Lecture & Supper
John Sibbald reports on the SSCL annual lecture and supper held on 15 June at the John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls, Edinburgh….
WI Fi Woes
Robin Bynoe reviews the risks inherent in the use of wi-fi and the allocation of liability when things go wrong….
Distance Selling Regulations
This article is an edited version of Susan Singleton’s presentation to the London Group meeting on 30 April….
Letter to the Editor
There are a number of significant omissions in AmandaKearsley’s article The Internet,Paedophilia and the ISP (C&L Vol 12 issue 1; April/May 2001) so that theresult is somewhat unbalanced. 1. Charges involving paedophiliac material are nearly always prosecutedunder the Protection of Children Act 1978, not the Obscene Publications Act uponwhich Ms Kearsley concentrates. This applied in…
Data as a Form of Property in Commercial Contracts
In today’s e-commerce-led and IT-dependent business environment, possession and control of data is all important.
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Case Report: Thomas Kirk v Procurator Fiscal, Kirkcaldy
Case Report: Thomas Kirk v Procurator Fiscal, Kirkcaldy High Court of Justiciary; Opinion in the Court of Criminal Appeal…
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Legal Aspects of the Information Society
Brigitte Zammitt reviews Ian Lloyd’s book, Legal Aspects of the Information Society (Butterworths), and reviews the topics covered in the book….
Lawyering in the Internet Era: Who Needs Paper Anyway?
Joanna Boag-Thomson reports on the Scottish Society for Computers & Law’s joint meeting with the University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Law, Computers and Technology, 15 May 2001. The speaker for the evening was John Tredennick, CEO of CaseShareSystems, based in Denver, Colorado….
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Legal e-commerce
Neil Cameron explains what e-commerce is and why you need to plan to take account of it….