Stephen Mason Publications
Books
Electronic Signatures in Law (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2003) ISBN 0 406 97006 8
E-mail, networks and the internet: A concise guide to compliance with the law (xpl publications, 6th edn, 2006) ISBN 1 85811 3563
E-books
The Millennium Bug: A guide to the legal issues for business (Ivel Meads Legal Services Limited, 4th edn, May 1999) ISBN 0 9533089 4 4
The Year 2000: A guide to the legal issues for business (Ivel Meads Legal Services Limited, 3rd edn, July 1999) ISBN 0 9533089 3 6
Journal
Founder (2004), publisher and general editor of the e-Signature Law Journal ISSN 1744-0882, renamed in 2006 as the Digital Evidence Journal ISSN 1750-7200
Legal texts
Electronics and Digital Signatures editor and author of Chapter VI ‘Electronic and Digital Signatures’ for the practitioner loose-leaf textbook by M-T. Michéle Rennie International Computer and Internet Contracts and Law (Sweet & Maxwell)
The e-commerce commentary for the practitioner loose-leaf textbook by Christopher Davis Due Diligence Law and Practice (Sweet & Maxwell)
Chapters
Chapter 6 ‘e Changes Everything: Lawyers and electronic signatures’ in Whither the Legal Web? By Nick Holmes and Delia Venables (Infolaw, 2005)
‘E-Signature & E-Security: Establishing intent in the electronic environment’ for E-Security Law & Strategy: Practical guide to managing legal risks in information security edited by Zaid Hamzah (LexisNexis Malaysia and Singapore Edition, 2005)
Two chapters: ‘Electronic commerce’ and ‘Managing risk on the Internet’ (the second chapter with Charles Christian and Rupert Kendrick), edited by Nicola Webb, Internet Marketing Strategies for Law Firms (Law Society Publishing, 2003)
Conference proceedings
Electronic signatures in practice, Editor Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard, First International Conference on Legal, Privacy and Security issues in IT, Hamburg, Germany, 1 – 2 May 2006 (Complex 3/06 Institutt for rettsinformatikk), 561 - 578
Booklet
E-business for UK success: The Good Practice Guide (iTx Marketing Services Limited in association with BSI and DISC) Peter Howes, Alan Shipman and Stephen Mason
‘Information Technology Law’ by Diane Rowland and Elizabeth Macdonald (Cavendish Publishing Limited, 3rd edn, 2005) Computers & Law February/March 2006 Volume 16 Issue 6 36
‘Human Rights in the Digital Age’ edited by Mathias Klang and Andrew Murray (Glasshouse Press, 2005) Computers & Law April/May 2005 Volume 16 Issue 1 34 - 36
‘Tolley’s Data Protection Handbook’ Third Edition, Susan Singleton (Tolley) New Law Journal Autumn Book Review Supplement, Friday 8 October 2004, Volume 154, No 7174, 1478
‘e-Commerce: A Practical Guide to the Law’, Revised Edition, Susan Singleton (Gower), New Law Journal Book Review Supplement, Friday 11 April 2003, Volume 153, No 7075, 555
‘Managing Cyber-Risks: Strategic Approaches for Law Firms’, Computers and Law, August/September 2002, Volume 13, Issue 3, 15 – 16
Interview given
‘Web masters’ Solicitors Journal, IT Supplement, 26 October 2001, 14 – 15
Articles
2006
‘Electronic signatures in practice’ The Journal of High Technology Law Volume VI, Number 2, Spring 2006, 148 - 164. On-line at http://www.jhtl.org/publications/V6N2/Mason.pdf ‘Digital Evidence’ LegalIT, April 2006, 15
‘Electronic signatures in practice’ The British Journal of Healthcare Computing & Information Management March 2006 Volume 23 Number 2 22 - 24
2005
‘Email and compliance’ Computer Fraud & Security December 2005 8 - 11
‘Mobile telephone vulnerabilities’ Bar News section of Counsel November 2005 iii ‘Signing a name without using a manuscript signature’ The Ataxian Autumn 2005 issue number 151 15
‘Trusted computing and forensic investigations’ Digital Investigation Volume 2 Number 2 189 - 192
‘Web site design and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995’, Computer Law and Security Report Volume 21 Number 4 2005 298 - 309 with Catherine Casserley, Legal Officer, Disability Rights Commission
‘Litigation Management: E is for E-disclosure’ LegalIT July/August 2005 Volume 6 No 7 24 - 25; http://www.legalit.net/PrintItem.asp?id=25185
‘Elected councillors and email’ Data Protection Law & Policy Part 1 July 2005 Volume 2 Issue 7 10 – 11, Part 2 August 2005 Volume 2 Issue 8 11 - 12
‘The international implications of using electronic signatures’ Computer and Telecommunications Law Review Volume 11 Issue 3 2005 160 - 166
‘Make your mark’ Legal Week Volume 7 Number 22 16 June 2005 25
‘Approaches to electronic signatures’ The Barrister Number 25, 10 June 2005 14 - 15 Editorial ‘Is there a need for identity cards?’ Amicus Curiae The Journal of the -Society for Advanced Legal Studies Issue 57 January/February 2005 3
‘Digital signatures: is that really you?’ The IEE Engineering Management February/March 2005 10 - 13
‘Trusting your computer to be trusted’ Computer Fraud & Security January 2005 7 - 11
2004
‘Wi-Fi and security’ Bar News section of Counsel, Part 1 in December 2005, pp vi-vii and
Part 2 in February 2005, pp viii-ix
‘Electronic payment mechanisms’ Amicus Curiae The Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies Part I Issue 55 September/October 2004 21 – 28 Part II Issue 56
November/December 2004 10 - 16
‘Wi-Fi and security’ BNA International World Internet Law Report October 2004 20 - 25 ‘Electronic signatures: a risky business’ The Pharmaceutical Journal 9 October 2004 Volume 273 Number 7320 522 - 523
‘Is there a need for identity cards?’ Computer Fraud & Security Part 1 August 2004 9 – 15 and Part 2 September 8 - 14
‘Establishing Intent in the Electronic Environment’ BNA International World Internet Law Report May 2004 3 - 5
‘Validating identity for the electronic environment’ The Computer Law and Security Report Volume 30, Number 3 2004 164 – 170
‘Electronic Signatures Are Here to Stay’ Advising Business: Law & Practice Volume 2 Issue 10 7 - 8
‘Is there a future for Internet voting?’ Computer Fraud & Security March 2004 6 – 13 ‘Don’t discriminate electronically’ Bar News Counsel February 2004 v
2003
‘Authenticating identity for the electronic environment’ (translated into Russian) Legal Informatization Journal National Center of Legal Information Republic of Belarus Volume 6 2003 127 - 132
‘A comparison of the risks between the use of manuscript and electronic signatures’ Amicus Curiae The Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies Issue 50 November/December 2003 11 - 13
‘The Signature in Electronic Conveyancing: An Unresolved Issue?’ The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer November – December 2003 460 – 472 with Nicholas Bohm, consultant to Fox Williams in e-commerce matters
‘Sign on the electronic line, please’ The Times Law Section Tuesday December 16 2003 8 ‘Signing on the dotted line’ Property in Practice The Journal of the Law Society Property Section December 2003 Issue 5 19 – 21 with Nicholas Bohm, consultant to Fox Williams in e-commerce matters
‘Electronic signatures: the parties in the chain’ Computer and Telecommunications Law Review Volume 9: Issue 8 December 2003 215 - 216
‘Practical Problems of Digital Signatures’ Internet Newsletter for Lawyers November/December 2003 9 - 10
‘Implementing corporate e-mail policies’ Managing Risk Summer 2003 14 - 15 ‘Keeping your data safe’ Bar News Counsel July 2003 iv
‘Some Legal Remarks’, Cyber-Brand Protection, Information Security Bulletin, May 2003, Volume 8, 141
‘Managing your e-mail’, Bar News, Counsel, May 2003, vi
‘Email is wonderful, until it goes wrong’, Business Contact Magazine of the North East Chamber of Commerce, March 2003, 66 with Robert Campbell, Managing Director of ecommnet Limited
‘Managing email’, New Law Journal IT Supplement, Friday 14 March 2003, Volume 153, No 7071, 397 - 398
‘Safety First’, Counsel, March 2003, 26 - 28
‘Electronic signatures explained’, Advising Business: Law & Practice, Volume 1 Issue 5, 12 -14
‘Electronic Security is a Continuous Process’, Computer Fraud & Security, January 2003, 13 - 15
‘Sending documents in electronic formats: the dangers’, New Law Journal, Friday January 17 2003, Volume 153, No 7063, 59
‘Scrap Rome II?’, The Journal of E-commerce, Technology and Communications, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2003, 1 – 3 with Will Roebuck, Law and Policy Executive, e.centre Law and Policy Group
2002
‘The key to keeping a secret’, The Times Law Section, Tuesday September 24 2002, 5 ‘The evidential issues relating to electronic signatures’, published in two parts in The Computer Law and Security Report, Part I May/June 2002, Volume 18, Issue 3, 175 – 180,
Part II July/August, Volume 18, Issue 4, 241 – 248
‘E-mail: retention, disposal and dealing with misuse’, Managing Partner, Volume 5 Issue 3, July/August 2002, 28 - 31
‘E-mail: retention, disposal and dealing with misuse’, Risk Management Bulletin, Volume 7 Issue 1, July/August 2002, 21 – 24
‘Why lawyers need to secure their electronic doors’, New Law Journal, Friday July 12 2002, Volume 152, No 7040, 1058 - 1059
‘E-banking and authentication’, Amicus Curiae The Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies, Issue 41, May/June 2002, 22 – 25
‘Lawyers and the duty of confidentiality in the electronic age’, New Law Journal, Friday May 3 2002, Volume 152, No 7030, 662 – 663, 677
‘Starting out laws’, Executive Woman, March/April 2002, 38
‘Electronic Signatures: What and Why?’, Cyber-Risks News, Issue 3, March 2002
‘Electronic signatures explained’, Internet Newsletter for Lawyers, January/February 2002, 3 - 4, 10
‘Web site design and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995’, Computers and Law,
December 2001/January 2002, Volume 12, Issue 5, 16 - 20 with Catherine Casserley, Legal Officer, Royal National Institute for the Blind
‘Ebusiness: The European Directive’, Smart commerce executive, January 2002, 128 – 133 ‘Limiting your legal exposure to e-risks’, The Communications Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management Yearbook 2001 – 2002, 40 – 42
2001
‘The improper use of e-mail and internet facilities’, City Security, Issue 8, 2001, 10 – 13 ‘On good terms’, Executive Woman, August/September 2001, 47
‘Investing in the dot com market’, Smart commerce executive, April 2001
‘Companies ignore data protection at their peril’, Business Weekly, 15 March 2001, 18 ‘Investing in the Dot Com Market’, Link-up The Magazine of the Great Eastern Investment Forum, December 2000 - March 2001, Issue no 6, 3
‘E-business and the Board’, International Journal of e-Business Strategy Management, Volume Two, Number Three, February/March 2001, 209 – 214
‘Risk in the electronic market place’, Smart commerce executive, January 2001, 18 – 23 ‘Be lord of your domain name!’, Business Weekly, January 31, 2001, XI
2000
‘The internet and regulation’, Business Weekly, December 14, 2000, 10
‘Welcome e-business with care’, Risk Management Bulletin, November/December 2000, 14 – 18
‘Assessing Contract Risk in E-Commerce’, International Journal of e-Business Strategy Management, Volume Two, Number Two, November/December 2000, 167 – 172 ‘Approaching contract risk in e-commerce’, Risk Management Bulletin, October 2000, Volume 5, Issue 3, 8 – 12
‘Getting Ahead in E-Commerce’, The Law Coach, onlineCPD Newsletter, June 2000, 5 – 6 ‘Lawyers and the shift to e-commerce’, British-Nordic Lawyers Association Bulletin, Volume 3, 2000, 43 – 46
‘Risk, business and e-commerce’, Amicus Curiae The Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies, Issue 27, May 2000, 9 – 13
‘Know your rights’, International Journal of Business Continuity Management, Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2000, 39 – 42
‘Names could ever hurt you’, e.business, February 2000, 24
‘Manage risk, don’t take it’, Executive Woman, Millennium Issue, 49 ‘E-commerce: The Future’, Enterprise Link, Issue 3, January 2000, 3
‘Electronic Signatures: The Technical and Legal Ramifications’, Computers and Law, December 1999/January 2000, Volume 10, Issue 5, 37 – 44
‘Directors Duties’, Risk & Continuity, The International Journal for Best Practice Management, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 1999, 23 – 26
The Century Date Change Problem
Booklet
The Century Date Change Problem: The legal ramifications for business (January 1998)
Book
The Computer Time Bomb: A guide to the legal issues for business (May 1998)
E-books
The Millennium Bug: A guide to the legal issues for business (May 1999 with the Action 2000 logo and distributed on the cover CD ROMs of PC Magazine in May 1999 and PC Pro in July 1999 to 300,000 readers)
The Year 2000: A guide to the legal issues for business (July 1999)
Legal Audit tool for business
Legal Audit: The century date change (available on CD ROM only)
Articles
‘Directors face Y2K liability’, Survive!, The International Business Continuity Magazine, November 1999
‘Work within the letter of the law’, Eastern Director, The Official Journal of Eastern Branch of the Institute of Directors, June/July 1999, Issue 42, 12
‘Insurers exclude liability over millennium change’, Eastern Director, The Official Journal of Eastern Branch of the Institute of Directors, May/June 1999, Issue 41, 12
‘RSVP with care’, Survive!, The International Business Continuity Magazine, May 1999, 44 ‘Still time for action’, Survive!, The International Business Continuity Magazine, February 1999, 13 - 15
‘Year 2000 Compliance Letters’, Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, News October 1998, No 26, 4
‘The computer time bomb: Will it affect you?’ The Pytchley Echo Issue No 15 Autumn 1998 24 – 26
Stephen is a Senior Research Fellow and the Director of the Digital Evidence Research Programme at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law
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