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Visiting fellowships at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Visiting fellowship scheme is open for applications, for the academic year 2016/17. We welcome applicants in the field of information/communication law and policy. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2016. Further...
Arts and Humanities Research Council (LAHP) studentships at the School of Advanced Study
A number of AHRC-funded studentships are available for postgraduate research students in Law at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Please see the IALS Website, and consult with Christian Otta...
Robin Callender Smith: Pictures of celebrities’ children now clearly off limits for media – unless parents consent
In this guest post, originally published on The Conversation UK, Professor Robin Callender Smith, Queen Mary University of London, considers the recent Court of Appeal decision in Weller v Associated Newspapers ([2015] EWCA Civ 1176) Pictures of bonny Prince George...
Natasha Simonsen and Cian Murphy: Don’t Fast-Track the Investigatory Powers Bill – A reply to Lord Carlile
In this guest post, which originally appeared on the UK Human Rights Blog, Natasha Simonsen & Cian C. Murphy from The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, urge the government to take its time in scrutinising the Investigatory Powers Draft Bill. For...
Eduardo Ustaran: Life after Safe Harbor – an action plan
In this piece that originally appeared in the Internet Newsletter for Lawyers, Eduardo Ustaran, partner at Hogan Lovells, considers the implications of the CJEU's recent decision in the Schrems case and sets out an action plan for companies previously reliant on Safe...
Ben Worthy: How much can we know about the private sector – and what next for future transparency?
This post originally appeared on Dr Ben Worthy's blog, OpenDataStudy. It is based on his contribution to an event on 28th September 2015 co-presented by the Information Law and Policy Centre and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and hosted by Baker and McKenzie...
Being Human: The humanity of lawyers – 19 November 2015
As a follow on to last year's successful 'Humanity of Judging' event at the Supreme Court, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is pleased to announce its 'Humanity of Lawyers' event, as part of the second Being Human festival, the national festival of the...
‘Prevent’ duty for universities now in force: one-day event on 27 October will discuss implications of Counter-Terrorism & Security Act 2015
New legal duties on universities to address risks of radicalisation came into force on 18th September, after the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act received Royal Assent in February 2015. The legislation, which aims to combat the underlying ideologies which support...
Lorna Woods: Safe Harbour – Key Aspects of the ECJ Ruling
On Tuesday (6 October) the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) declared that the Safe Harbour agreement that allows the movement of digital data between the EU and the US was invalid. The case was brought by Max Schrems, an Austrian student and privacy...
Lorna Woods: Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner – The beginning of the end for safe harbour?
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has delivered his non-binding legal opinion in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, a case brought by an Austrian citizen against the Irish Data Protection Commissioner concerning the transfer of Facebook data...