News / 2002

The October 2002 Gazette is now available for download as a PDF file (270k).

The 2002/2003 edition of the memorandum book is now available for download as a PDF.

NOMINET, the registry for Internet Domain names ending "uk" has complained that solicitors are palming straightforward domain-name complaints to junior staff and failing to supervise them properly.

The European Commission has introduced a proposal for a Directive on the protection by patents of computer-implemented inventions. This will seek to harmonise domestic rules.

In Jumenez v Southwark Council the EAT ruled that an Employment Chairman was wrong to tell Counsel his view before the case ended. Mr. Justice Bell expressed the view that there was a real possibility of bias.

The Scottish Executive has published a draft mental health Bill and invites comments from interested parties before its introduction before the Scottish Parliament in September.

In two cases before the European Court of Human Rights the UK was found to be in breach of Articles 8 (the right to respect for family and private life) and 12 (the right to marry and found a family) of the Convention in relation to the rights of transsexuals.

Lawyers from more than 90 Bars and Law Societies have agreed to form an International Bar Association to provide legal representation to those who are summoned before the ICC. This has the support of the CCBE and a framework constitution has been agreed. Mr.

The Report of the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman for the year 2001-2002 has now been issued and will be studied by the Council of SLAS. Mrs.

The members of the board have now been appointed and are: