Modernising the Civil Courts In a general welcome for the proposals and new funding, the SCL responsemakes it clear that there is a great deal still to be done and that it is vitalthat the right approach is taken now. It states, for example, that ‘it isessential that modernisation (including the physical and systems analysisinfrastructures)…
The ideology of the Internet as a communications channel offering all things
to all men as the ultimate in free speech has recently come under close
scrutiny. Since the public outrage against the lenient sentences imposed on
seven men for tradi…
Rico Calleja analyses the new Act and points out some of its defects and dangers….
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Dawn Osborne investigates the recent case of Euromarket Designs Inc v Peters in the UKHigh Court before Jacob J, which reinforces the view that jurisdiction on the Internet can be a difficult issue for plaintiffs….
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Jeremy Barker reports on the South Western Group meeting which took place on 13 July….
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Penelope Christie is a partner at Bird & Bird….
Paul Berwin is the managing partner of Berwin Bloomer, the smallish Yorkshire firm with offices in Harrogate and Ilkley.
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This is an edited version of a talk given by A M Susman to the Information Technology and Courts Committee on 6 December 1999….
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Anne Mizzi says that copyright owners should be considering what steps to take to protect the intellectual property in their books, speeches, audio, video and music in the face of recent moves by the likes of Google and Yahoo! to put a massive body of copyright works on the Internet….
Adrienne Seaman is an assistant solicitor in StephensonHarwood’s IT and Telecomms Unit. Her focus is increasingly on e-commerce andshe has recently been involved in advising a range of clients, includingretailers, financial service providers and banks on the establishment andoperation of Internet trade. The increasing importance of e-commerce is seen every day, with pressattention focusing on…