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Can resolving disputes online deliver better access to justice?
Professor Richard Susskind OBE is well known within the legal profession for his numerous books predicting a dramatic transformation in legal practice, and calling for an overhaul of 21st century lawyering. In February 2015 he made national headlines for his proposed...
Event: 17-18 September 2015 – Enrolling Internet Intermediaries in the Law Enforcement Process
iCLIC at the University of Southampton is hosting an event on 'Enrolling Internet Intermediaries in the Law Enforcement Process' on 17-18 September 2015 Registration details at this link. About the event Service providers are now playing an increasingly active role in...
Eerke Boiten: Privacy watchdog takes first step against those undermining right to be forgotten
This guest post by Eerke Boiten, University of Kent, considers the implications of granting an individual the right to be de-listed from online search results: should new articles about de-listed content be removed too? The UK’s data privacy watchdog has waded into...
Five ways to keep up to date with @infolawcentre
It’s now some time since we launched the Information Law and Policy Centre at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and we wanted to share some ways to keep in touch. Join the Information Law & Policy Centre mailing list to receive occasional updates about our...
Resources from Data of our Lives: Global Privacy, Reputation and Freedom of Expression – with Frank LaRue
Videos and slides from the Information Law and Policy Centre's half-day discussion seminar on 25th June, supported by Article 19 and with special guest Frank LaRue, former UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression, are now available: Video Frank LaRue, Executive...
Upcoming event at IALS, 25 September 2015, 2pm: Professor Bernd Holznagel on the Right to Be Forgotten: Removal Criteria and Procedures
In this afternoon seminar hosted by the Information Law and Policy Centre at IALS, Professor Bernd Holznagel, director of University of Münster’s Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law, will offer his perspective on the European Court of Justice’s...
William McCormick QC: What now for recoverability of Success Fees and ATE Premiums in ‘publication and privacy proceedings’?
In this guest post, which originally appeared on the Ely Place Chambers site, William McCormick QC looks at the implications of the recent Supreme Court decision in Coventry v Lawrence for the handling of costs in defamation and privacy cases. The much anticipated...
Upcoming event, 19 October 2015, 6.30pm: Whose Investigatory Power Is It Anyway? Security, Source Protection and Surveillance
The Information Law and Policy Centre at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, in collaboration with the Media Society, is pleased to announce this exciting panel event, featuring Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty International UK, Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Former...
Upcoming event, 28 September 2015, 5.30-7pm, Baker & McKenzie LLP, London: Freedom of Information – Extending Transparency to the Private Sector
The Information Law and Policy Centre is delighted to be jointly organising this event with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, on Freedom of Information and the Private Sector. It will be hosted by the law firm Baker & McKenzie and the line up includes two...
Upcoming information law and policy academic events in autumn 2015
We'll be publicising some new Information Law & Policy Centre events over the next couple of weeks, but in the meantime, here's a reminder of various other information law themed academic events and deadlines in the UK, Germany and Australia: The first iCLIC...