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Rare Paediatric Diseases
Children’s self-determination and best interests in their decision-making capacity are still challenging issues. This area is even more difficult for...
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Belgium
In 2018, Belgium adopted the New Royal Decree on biobanks, which implements the 2008 Act on the obtaining and use of human body material for human...
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Portugal
National law regulates the establishment and management of biobanks (stem cell biobanks, biobanks for criminal and civil purposes, biobanks for...
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Cyprus
In Cyprus, the legitimate processing of data for scientific purposes shall not produce effects that significantly affect the data subject. The...
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Germany
Since Germany does not have its own law on the establishment and use of biobanks, the related issues must be measured against § 27 of the Federal...
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Brexit Effects
The Brexit effect on the transfer of data and samples within a healthcare context is, of course, the result of the UK’s exit from the EU, which...
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Ireland
This paper examines Ireland’s legislation on the processing of health data for research purposes. The focus is on an analysis of national legislation...
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Netherlands
There is no specific law on biobanking in the Netherlands. The rules on storage of biological material and protection of personal data in the context...
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Malta
One of the main aspects that emerges from the analysis of the Maltese legal framework is the effort to reinforce the relationship between the...
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Sweden
In the Swedish framework, biobanking has as its main legislative reference the law on biobanking in the healthcare sector of 2002. At the beginning...
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United Kingdom
This chapter aims to explain the regulation that may apply to biobanks and the protection of personal data used in scientific research in the UK...
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Slovenia
This country report focuses on some relevant questions about the current state of regulations on human tissues for research purposes and deals with...
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Data Rights
The rights afforded to data subjects across Commonwealth countries vary greatly. It will be demonstrated how those nation states that have had their...
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Right to Be Forgotten [RTBF]: Erasure
The right to be forgotten has become a highly recognisable right, which was predominantly founded by the EU. However, neither the MBP nor the MBPPI...
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Cyber Security Laws
Cybersecurity is technology that when coupled with the law provides a level of protection to personal data. Cybersecurity comes in different forms....
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Interfering with a Computer System
Interfering with a computer and its systems can have significant economic and social consequence to individuals, entities and the nation state....
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Appointment of Arbitrator, Seat and Arbitration Agreement
A fundamental feature of arbitration is the appointment of an arbitrator, the seat and arbitration agreement. This chapter explores the issues...
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When Do Arbitrators Need to Be Technologically Competent?
It is increasingly common for arbitrators to have to answer specific questions about their digital expertise from arbitral institutions or parties...
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Why Is Technological Competence in Arbitration Important from a Legal and Financial Point of View?
This chapter explains why technology is currently one of the most trusted resources for achieving rapid and cost-effective resolution of conflicts,...
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Introduction
The digital economy is the future of trade and investment. It will transform the economies across the Commonwealth. This book begins by highlighting...