PhD candidate Patsy Kirkwood’s case report on NT1 & NT2 v Google LLC has been published by European Data Protection Law Review. This was the first case on the right to be forgotten in the UK, and therefore presented the first opportunity for the principles from the Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgment in the Google Spain case (where the right was developed) to be examined by our domestic courts.
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Patsy Kirkwood and the right to be forgotten
PhD candidate Patsy Kirkwood has written a chapter entitled ‘Where now for the right to be forgotten ? A review of the issues post Google Spain with particular regard to the decision reached in the UK’ which features in the recently published edited collection Personal Data Protection and Legal Developments in the European Union .
Patsy’s chapter examines recent cases within the EU where the new right to be forgotten has been applied, their impact on defining its scope where the links to information relate to matter of greater public interest and the territorial extent of the right. In particular, it focuses on the UK joined cases of NT1 and NT2 and the questions that arise with regard to linking to criminal convictions.
Dr Mark Wilde on Chris Packham’s judicial review into HS2 and the Oakervee Review
In his new blog post Dr Mark Wilde provides analysis of the latest stages of Chris Packham’s judicial review into HS2 and the Oakervee Review and offers his expert insight on the developments.
Reading School of Law Reaching out to Government Lawyers
On 13 June, Professor Schmitt conducted a virtual seminar on international cyber law for judge advocates (legal advisers) of the US Army Reserve Legal Command’s 10th Legal Operations Detachment, which is composed of lawyers across the United States who deal with operational law issues. The seminar focused on the development of the international law of cyberspace, the prospects for development of that body of law through treaty, and contentious issues, especially with regard to identifying those cyber operations that violate international law and the appropriate legal responses to them.
The seminar was part of an on-going University of Reading School of Law effort to work with legal and policy practitioners throughout the world who deal with international law issues, including, but not limited to, cyber operations. As part of that effort, four US and British military officers are now enrolled as Reading Law postgraduates and the Law School conducts cyber law capacity-building Executive Courses for international officials. Next on the agenda for the latter program is a 3-day virtual workshop for “Women in International Security and Cyberspace” in early July. Over twenty countries will be represented in this workshop that is sponsored by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The same month, a six-day virtual course will be held for Indonesian officials with a cyber portfolio, again sponsored by DFAT.
Dr Peter Coe appointed as an Advisor to the University of East London’s Online Harms and Cyber Crime Unit
Dr Peter Coe has been appointed as an Advisor to the University of East London’s Online Harms and Cyber Crime Unit. This Unit, which was established in 2019, is a centre of research excellence for the study of online harms, cybercrime, cyber law, cyber-criminology, cyber bullying/hate, and cyber security/terrorism.
Professor Mike Schmitt delivers final webinar on international cyber law matters
On 11 June, Professor Mike Schmitt delivered the third and final international cyber law webinar for attorneys and other policy personnel from throughout the Australian government who deal with cyber matters. The half-day virtual session dealt with the prohibition on cyber uses of force, self-defence in cyberspace and cyber operations during an armed conflict. Earlier sessions dealt with such topics as sovereignty and intervention in cyberspace, as well as the legal responsibility of states for cyber operations conducted by non-state actors. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) sponsored the professional development webinars. DFAT is a major sponsor of cyber capacity-building throughout the Asia-Pacific region and the University of Reading School of Law certifies its legal workshops, which Professor Schmitt directs, as Executive Education Courses.
The Times publishes a letter by Dr Ruvi Ziegler on the rights of asylum seekers
You can read the letter here.
Professor Stavroula Karapapa’s new book – Defences to Copyright Infringement
Professor Stavroula Karapapa’s book Defences to Copyright Infringement has been published by Oxford University Press.
Ruvi Ziegler discusses access to asylum in South Africa on an ‘Africa Freedom Month’ podcast
Ruvi Zielger participated this week in a podcast hosted by the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa to mark ‘Africa Freedom Month’ – discussing access to asylum in South Africa in light of COVID19 and following the coming into force of the Refugees Amendment Act.
Ruvi also retweeted their tweet.