Now on Tap raises privacy issues in my view as users are able to access info on the Web and in apps far quicker and seemlesly http://www.wired.com/2015/08/microsoft-bing-api-google-now-on-tap/?mbid=social_twitter

Recent interview on New Zealand Law Society website http://my.lawsociety.org.nz/branches/auckland/news/clive-elliott,-qc,-a-barrister,-registered-patent-attorney,-arbitrator-and-artist,-is-interviewed-by-nzls-ayl-committee-member,-sarah-rosanowski

The editorial in the Australian Financial Review on 27 May 2015 "Why QCs inflate the price of justice" suggests that a labour cartel of advocates has rigged the market for…

The suggestion by the NZLS that the once obsolete fax machine is likely to experience a comeback might surprise some - see https://gallery.mailchimp.com/636c7d0c620118e83f54c9764/files/Faxes_may_make_comeback_with_lawyers_AAP_NZ_Newswire_30_Sep_2014.pdf The rethink is evidently due to the…

The current Australian Government has made it clear it does not intend to introduce a statutory cause of action of serious invasions of privacy. Nevertheless, in a report tabled in…

The NZ Court of Appeal has found that hacked computer files are not "property" under S249 of Crimes Act in the Watchorn case http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbnat/728437944-intellectual-property-law-outdated-

It is a strange world indeed were the crime of hacking i.e. accessing a computer system in order to get information (see definition below) does not actually cover that specific…

Looking forward to the IT and Online Law Conference – 7 May, The Langham, Auckland. Speaking on “The right to keep facts private and control them once made public” with…

Government Introduces Website Blocking Bill | Australian Digital Alliance It is proposed that offshore sites can be blocked if their primary purpose is to infringe or facilitate the infringement of copyright. The…