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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.1 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:18:36 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>In Pursuit of Relevance</title><subtitle>Recent Entries</subtitle><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/atom.xml"/><updated>2009-11-02T20:36:24Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.9.1 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Media Report - Government opens doors for export of personal data</title><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Privacy"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/11/3/media-report-government-opens-doors-for-export-of-personal-d.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/11/3/media-report-government-opens-doors-for-export-of-personal-d.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-11-02T20:29:14Z</published><updated>2009-11-02T20:29:14Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA["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."]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Real eDiscovery, Fall 2009 - The Australian eDiscovery Landscape</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Publications"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/10/1/real-ediscovery-fall-2009-the-australian-ediscovery-landscap.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/10/1/real-ediscovery-fall-2009-the-australian-ediscovery-landscap.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-09-30T23:25:10Z</published><updated>2009-09-30T23:25:10Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[Experts Geoffrey Lambert and Seamus E. Byrne provide insights regarding the Australian eDiscovery landscape.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Chief Justice Martin on Discovery</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Western Australia"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/10/1/chief-justice-martin-on-discovery.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/10/1/chief-justice-martin-on-discovery.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-09-30T15:03:48Z</published><updated>2009-09-30T15:03:48Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA["The expense involved in discovery can be horrendous."]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Federal Court of Australia re-issues PN 17</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="Federal Court of Australia"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/9/25/federal-court-of-australia-re-issues-pn-17.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/9/25/federal-court-of-australia-re-issues-pn-17.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-09-25T06:46:36Z</published><updated>2009-09-25T06:46:36Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[The Federal Court of Australia has re-issued Practice Note 17 as PN CM 6.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>LexisNexis e-Discovery &amp; Digital Forensics Conference - Hong Kong, 2009</title><category term="Asia"/><category term="China"/><category term="Computer Forensics"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Hong Kong"/><category term="Japan"/><category term="Singapore"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/9/10/lexisnexis-e-discovery-digital-forensics-conference-hong-kon.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/9/10/lexisnexis-e-discovery-digital-forensics-conference-hong-kon.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-09-10T11:48:54Z</published><updated>2009-09-10T11:48:54Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Supreme Court of Singapore's new Practice Direction 3 of 2009</title><category term="Asia"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Singapore"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/8/3/supreme-court-of-singapores-new-practice-direction-3-of-2009.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/8/3/supreme-court-of-singapores-new-practice-direction-3-of-2009.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-08-03T07:31:17Z</published><updated>2009-08-03T07:31:17Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[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).]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Media Report - Legal team rebuked for 'trolley-load litigation'</title><category term="Media Reports"/><category term="New South Wales"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/7/18/media-report-legal-team-rebuked-for-trolley-load-litigation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/7/18/media-report-legal-team-rebuked-for-trolley-load-litigation.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-07-18T03:08:01Z</published><updated>2009-07-18T03:08:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA["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."]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Media Report - Courts get a friendly makeover</title><category term="Media Reports"/><category term="New South Wales"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/7/13/media-report-courts-get-a-friendly-makeover.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/7/13/media-report-courts-get-a-friendly-makeover.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-07-12T21:27:25Z</published><updated>2009-07-12T21:27:25Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA["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."]]></summary></entry><entry><title>First Look - Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill 2009</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="Federal Court of Australia"/><category term="Legislation"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/6/23/first-look-access-to-justice-civil-litigation-reforms-amendm.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/6/23/first-look-access-to-justice-civil-litigation-reforms-amendm.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-06-22T20:47:27Z</published><updated>2009-06-22T20:47:27Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[Attorney-General Robert McClelland has presented a Bill for "an Act to amend legislation relating to federal courts, and for related purposes."]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Discovery under the Supreme Court of Victoria's new Practice Note 2/2009 (TEC List)</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Victoria"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/6/19/discovery-under-the-supreme-court-of-victorias-new-practice.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/6/19/discovery-under-the-supreme-court-of-victorias-new-practice.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-06-18T21:43:02Z</published><updated>2009-06-18T21:43:02Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Media Report - Lawyers may pay for court delays</title><category term="Federal Court of Australia"/><category term="Media Reports"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/6/10/media-report-lawyers-may-pay-for-court-delays.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/6/10/media-report-lawyers-may-pay-for-court-delays.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-06-10T19:18:49Z</published><updated>2009-06-10T19:18:49Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA["Lawyers could be personally liable for costs under new laws aimed at delivering quicker, cheaper and less complex justice in the Federal Court."]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Media Report - Victoria sets timetable for civil reform</title><category term="Media Reports"/><category term="Victoria"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/5/21/media-report-victoria-sets-timetable-for-civil-reform.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/5/21/media-report-victoria-sets-timetable-for-civil-reform.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-05-21T22:00:32Z</published><updated>2009-05-21T22:00:32Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA["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."]]></summary></entry><entry><title>CEIC 2009 - International eDiscovery, Data Protection and Privacy</title><category term="Conferences"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="USA"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/5/21/ceic-2009-international-ediscovery-data-protection-and-priva.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/5/21/ceic-2009-international-ediscovery-data-protection-and-priva.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-05-21T13:36:01Z</published><updated>2009-05-21T13:36:01Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[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.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Media Report - Larry Adler records 'gone by consent'</title><category term="Media Reports"/><category term="New South Wales"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/5/21/media-report-larry-adler-records-gone-by-consent.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/5/21/media-report-larry-adler-records-gone-by-consent.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-05-21T05:57:00Z</published><updated>2009-05-21T05:57:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA["Quite frankly, it is very troublesome when a solicitor engages in conduct where records are destroyed."]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Media Report - McClelland wants cheaper, faster Federal Courts</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="Federal Court of Australia"/><category term="Media Reports"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/5/7/media-report-mcclelland-wants-cheaper-faster-federal-courts.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/5/7/media-report-mcclelland-wants-cheaper-faster-federal-courts.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-05-07T15:23:05Z</published><updated>2009-05-07T15:23:05Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA["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."]]></summary></entry></feed>