‘More than half of all magistrates courts in England and Wales have closed since 2010, forcing defendants, witnesses, police, lawyers and justices of the peace to travel sometimes more than 50 miles to access local justice.’
The Guardian, 27th January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The computer network collapse that disrupted courts across England and Wales for days has prompted calls for compensation and improved funding for the beleaguered criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 23rd January 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police IT system is “unfit for purpose” and causing some criminals to escape justice, officers have told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme. Nine forces in England and Wales use Athena, which promised to speed up the detection of crimes. But officers say it regularly crashes and is overly complicated, meaning some cases are not built in time or dropped.’
BBC News, 24th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Land Registry has set itself the target of completing the first fully digital transfer of a property in the coming year to prove the value of smart contracts.’
Legal Futures, 17th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Councils are said to be using hundreds of thousands of people’s data to try and predict child abuse, it has emerged.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A future where law firms are ‘distributed entities’ based on blockchain and smart contracts, and lawyers will add value by being “stronger” trusted advisers assisted by artificial intelligence, has been mapped out by futurologists.’
Legal Futures, 13th August 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Adults will be able to view computer-generated child abuse images online because of a loophole in new laws barring under-18s from porn sites, the Government has been warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Debate on how the adoption of new technology can be accelerated to improve the efficiency of the justice system.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 21st June 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Speech by The Right Hon. The Lord Burnett of Maldon: The Age of Reform.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 8th June 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘The UK culture secretary, Matt Hancock, does not allow his own children to have mobile phones and thinks none should have access to devices overnight, but would not follow the French government’s lead in legislating on the issue.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Manchester University has launched what is understood to be the first legal technology course for law degree students in England and Wales.’
Legal Futures, 7th June 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A computer failure at TSB that caused up to 1.9 million people to lose access to online banking services is being investigated by the financial regulator.’
BBC news, 6th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Police attempts to use cameras linked to databases to recognise people from their face are failing, with the wrong person picked out nine times out 10, a report claims.’
The Guardian, 15th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The first digital mortgage deed was entered into the Land Register today following collaboration and testing with Coventry Building Society and Enact Conveyancing.’
Legal Futures, 5th April 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal in London highlights a gap in the law on software, and should prompt a change in UK legislation.’
OUT-LAW.com, 27th March 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A High Court judge has ordered a manual search of 55,000 documents in a $65m breach of warranty case because of concerns over the claimants’ approach to computer-assisted review (CAR).’
Litigation Futures, 22nd February 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The High Court granted a computer imaging order permitting an independent IT expert to investigate the Defendant’s computer and external hard drive to see if they contained the Claimant’s confidential information.’
Blackstone Chambers, 13th November 2017
Source: www.employeecompetition.com
‘As noted previously, the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill currently under consideration by Parliament includes draft rules concerning the insurance of “automated” vehicles – being vehicles “designed or adapted to be capable, in at least some circumstances or situations, of safely driving themselves”. Tesla, Volvo, and BMW amongst others have already developed vehicles with limited self-driving capabilities, although fully autonomous vehicles (i.e. those actually capable of driving themselves) are still in the testing phase.’
Technology Law Blog, 30th October 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘The UK Government has proposed new legislation to support the development and take-up of autonomous and electric vehicles.’
Technology Law Blog, 24th October 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
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