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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:20:11 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>2009-06-22T21:12:54Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><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><entry><title>Mortimer v Opes Prime Stockbroking (In Liq) [2009] FCA 227</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="Case Notes"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Federal Court of Australia"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/29/mortimer-v-opes-prime-stockbroking-in-liq-2009-fca-227.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/29/mortimer-v-opes-prime-stockbroking-in-liq-2009-fca-227.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-04-29T00:36:21Z</published><updated>2009-04-29T00:36:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[The recent decision of McKerracher J involved an application to transfer a proceeding related to the Opes Prime collapse from the Western Australia District Registry to the Victorian District Registry of the Federal Court.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Discovery under the Federal Court of Australia's new Practice Note 30 (Fast Track)</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Federal Court of Australia"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/24/discovery-under-the-federal-court-of-australias-new-practice.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/24/discovery-under-the-federal-court-of-australias-new-practice.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-04-24T05:00:00Z</published><updated>2009-04-24T05:00:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[Chief Justice Black issued the Federal Court of Australia's new Practice Note 30 on 24 April 2009.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Media Report - Rolah McCabe strikes back from the grave</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="Media Reports"/><category term="Victoria"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/23/media-report-rolah-mccabe-strikes-back-from-the-grave.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/23/media-report-rolah-mccabe-strikes-back-from-the-grave.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-04-23T21:22:30Z</published><updated>2009-04-23T21:22:30Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA["Woody Allen once famously remarked, "Remember, if you smoke after s-x, you're doing it too fast". Another thing to remember is that tobacco litigation is never done too fast."]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Austal Ships v Incat Australia [2009] FCA 368</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="Case Notes"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Federal Court of Australia"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/22/austal-ships-v-incat-australia-2009-fca-368.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/22/austal-ships-v-incat-australia-2009-fca-368.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-04-22T23:29:00Z</published><updated>2009-04-22T23:29:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[The recent decision of McKerracher J involves, amongst other things, an application for further discovery in a continuing dispute between two competing ship builders, Austal and Incat.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Guide to the Federal Court of Australia's Revised Practice Note 17</title><category term="ALSP"/><category term="Australia"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Federal Court of Australia"/><category term="Publications"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/2/guide-to-the-federal-court-of-australias-revised-practice-no.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/4/2/guide-to-the-federal-court-of-australias-revised-practice-no.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-04-02T22:40:10Z</published><updated>2009-04-02T22:40:10Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[Chief Justice Black issued the Federal Court of Australia's revised Practice Note 17 on 29 January 2009. The Practice Note supplements the Court's existing procedural rules for discovery contained in Order 15 of the Federal Court Rules. The Practice Note also conveys the Court's preferred practice in relation to the "use of technology in the management of discovery and the conduct of litigation".]]></summary></entry><entry><title>HP TUF 22 - Understanding E-Discovery for Information Professionals</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="Conferences"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/3/28/hp-tuf-22-understanding-e-discovery-for-information-professi.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/3/28/hp-tuf-22-understanding-e-discovery-for-information-professi.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-03-28T00:50:02Z</published><updated>2009-03-28T00:50:02Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[On 25 March 2009, I was pleased to present on the topic of Understanding E-Discovery for Information Professionals at the HP TRIM User Forum 22 (TUF 22).]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Justice Tamberlin's E-Discovery Legacy</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="Comments"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="Federal Court of Australia"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/3/28/justice-tamberlins-e-discovery-legacy.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/3/28/justice-tamberlins-e-discovery-legacy.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-03-28T00:01:38Z</published><updated>2009-03-28T00:01:38Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[Justice Tamberlin is set to retire from the Federal Court of Australia on 30 March 2009.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Richard Crookes Constructions v Hannan [2009] NSWSC 142</title><category term="Australia"/><category term="Case Notes"/><category term="E-Discovery"/><category term="New South Wales"/><id>http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/3/27/richard-crookes-constructions-v-hannan-2009-nswsc-142.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.elitigation.com.au/pursuit/2009/3/27/richard-crookes-constructions-v-hannan-2009-nswsc-142.html"/><author><name>Seamus Byrne</name></author><published>2009-03-27T07:50:35Z</published><updated>2009-03-27T07:50:35Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-AU"><![CDATA[Justice Einstein is a leading light for electronic litigation in the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.]]></summary></entry></feed>