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November 3, 2009 "Australian governments of all persuasions stress how essential border security is in many fields, such as immigration, narcotics and quarantine, but the Rudd government is proposing to abandon any border protection of personal information."
October 1, 2009 Experts Geoffrey Lambert and Seamus E. Byrne provide insights regarding the Australian eDiscovery landscape.
October 1, 2009 "The expense involved in discovery can be horrendous."
September 25, 2009 The Federal Court of Australia has re-issued Practice Note 17 as PN CM 6.
September 10, 2009 On 20-21 July 2009, I was pleased to serve as the Chairperson of the inaugural LexisNexis e-Discovery & Digital Forensics Conference, held at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel in Hong Kong.
August 3, 2009 The Supreme Court of Singapore has released Practice Direction 3 of 2009 dealing with the "Discovery and Inspection of Electronically Stored Documents" (PD 3/2009).
July 18, 2009 "A SUPREME Court judge has delivered a rare and costly rebuke to a Sydney legal team for "trolley-load litigation", a sin that experts say is widespread in our courts but almost impossible to stop."
July 13, 2009 "IF HELL has harbour views, as a Sydney lawyer once noted, why shouldn't the highest courts in the land? They will now, as the NSW Government commits $69 million for the upgrade of the oft-maligned Law Courts building in Queens Square."
June 23, 2009 Attorney-General Robert McClelland has presented a Bill for "an Act to amend legislation relating to federal courts, and for related purposes."
June 19, 2009 Chief Justice Warren has issued the Supreme Court of Victoria's new Practice Note 2 of 2009. The Practice Note outlines operational procedure for the Court's Technology, Engineering and Construction (TEC) List.
June 11, 2009 "Lawyers could be personally liable for costs under new laws aimed at delivering quicker, cheaper and less complex justice in the Federal Court."
May 22, 2009 "Victoria will have a new civil procedure act within 12 months aimed at promoting the "just, efficient, timely and cost-effective resolution of disputes", Attorney-General Rob Hulls revealed this week."
May 21, 2009 On 17 May 2009, I was pleased to co-present on the topics of International eDiscovery and International Data Protection and Privacy at the Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference (CEIC 2009), held in Orlando.
May 21, 2009 "Quite frankly, it is very troublesome when a solicitor engages in conduct where records are destroyed."
May 8, 2009 "The NSW Supreme Court Rules talk about the "just, quick and cheap resolution" of disputes but this is believed to the first time it will be written into legislation. Federal Court judges will also be given additional case management powers and there will be cost penalties for those who do not comply with directions."
