One of the things that becomes apparent whenever you read any High Court judgment is the imporantance of the human aspect of the proceedings. Something that bothers me about the virtual (Zoom) process is we lose a lot of the …
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Supercomputers and the Weather – “Manifest Errors” in Tender Process?
I seem to get rained on a lot. Even when I least expect it. Even when I have checked the BBC Weather, and looked at the satellite image, or the Met Office app which always says something slightly different. But …
Read MoreClearview AI Inc – huge fine and controversy
The headline of this story is that the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Clearview AI Inc £7,552,800 for using images of people that were collected from websites and social media. Those images could have been yours and you wouldn’t …
Read MoreLegal Acronyms 101 – SLAPPs
The editorial in the latest Law Society Gazette which is principally about “Wagatha Christie” mentions SLAPPs. I keep seeing this acronym without really know what it is. Apparently it stands for Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation. This is when the …
Read MoreWho owns LinkedIn connections? The Employer or the employee?
The High Court in Clayton Recruitment Ltd v Wilson & Anor [2022] recently considered who owned LinkedIn connections as part of a costs application. James Wilson (the Defendant) had been employed by a legal recruitment agency for several years and …
Read MoreDispute Resolution Clauses – Can you ignore them?
Dispute resolution clauses appear in most contracts you will see. They are not always the same, but they matter. In general terms, the clauses require the parties to a contract to exhaust various alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures (like mediation …
Read MoreRecommendations, reviews and changes in the law
As solicitors, we often get asked to recommend other solicitors. This week it has been “do you know any good planning solicitors” and “I have a friend who is getting divorced, do you know any good lawyers?” We are a …
Read MoreEd Sheeran Litigation and Legal Influencers
A couple of interesting bits of legal news. Ed Sheeran’s copyright dispute has been widely reported, but for the actual detail the judgment is worth a read. And we also came across this story of young lawyers acting as “lawfluencers“. …
Read MoreTulip Trading and the Tale of the Missing Bitcoin Billions
There are times when you read a High Court judgment that you think you just couldn’t make this stuff up. Mrs Justice Falk’s decision on Tulip Trading is definitely one of those. The claim relates to a very substantial amount …
Read MoreResolving Future Disputes in a Digital Age
There are loads of interesting ideas in this lecture given to the Society for Computers and Law by Sir Geoffrey Voss, who we seem to be reporting on a lot. It’s even got a decent joke in it. He does …
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