Entries in Federal Court of Australia (7)

Search Orders - Jemella Australia (No. 3)

A wake up call for your Independent Computer Expert (ICE)?

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Electronic Litigation in Australian Courts - Current Practice Landscape

With the forthcoming revision to Practice Note 17 in the Federal Court, please find a listing of practice guidelines (i.e. notes and directions) which form the current landscape for electronic discovery, and wider electronic litigation in Australian courts.

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Posted on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at 12:00AM by Registered CommenterSeamus Byrne in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment

Revised Expert Witness Guidelines in the Federal Court of Australia

On 5 May 2008, Chief Justice Black issued an update to the existing Practice Direction: 'Guidelines for Expert Witnesses in Proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia'.

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Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 12:00AM by Registered CommenterSeamus Byrne in , | CommentsPost a Comment

Disputing Protocols for the Electronic Exchange of Discoverable Documents in the Federal Court of Australia

The Federal Court recently made orders in two (2) similar, yet separate, cases where disputes arose over the application of a document management protocol (protocol) to facilitate the electronic exchange of discoverable documents.

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Search (Anton Piller) Orders and Electronically Stored Information (ESI) in the Federal Court of Australia

As the only other lawyer and computer forensic expert in Australia, Geoffrey Lambert (Director, KordaMentha) and I are fortunate enough to be regularly requested to educate practitioners on a variety of topics pertaining to electronic evidence.

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Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 12:00AM by Registered CommenterSeamus Byrne in , , | CommentsPost a Comment

Reasonable Searches for Electronic Documents and E-mail in the Federal Court of Australia (Incomplete)

A widely debated issue for those involved in the Federal Court's recent consultative drafting process for a replacement to Practice Note 17 (20 April 2000) was whether the concept of 'making a reasonable search' should be specifically revised to deal with electronically stored information (ESI).

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Discovery of Electronic Databases in the Federal Court of Australia

This brief entry will consider two (2) recent Federal Court decisions where the discovery of electronic databases containing certain business records was disputed.

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Posted on Friday, February 1, 2008 at 12:00AM by Registered CommenterSeamus Byrne in , , | CommentsPost a Comment