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The Effects of Technology on Litigation

REFERENCES

Aronson, Mark and Jill Hunter Litigation: Evidence and Procedure (5th edn) (Sydney: Butterworths, 1995)

Bowsher, Justice Peter (1990) “Changes in the courts” in Computers and Law vol 1 no 2 (new series) pp 3-4 (April 1990)

Chinn, David (1994) “Technology in the courts” in Computers and Law vol 5 no 1 (new series) pp 26-27 (April/May 1994)

Crowther, Eric (1985) “The lawyer, the criminal and the machine — Part 5: R v Pettigrew and an Academic to the Rescue” in Justice of the Peace vol 149 no 2 pp 26-28 (January 12, 1985)

Dancer, Helen (1993) “The Big Picture” in Australian Personal Computer December 1993 p 63-67

Davidson, Clive (1991) “Technology in the courtroom” in New Law Journal vol 141 no 6513 pp 1011-1012 (July 1991)

Evidence Act 1995 (Cth)

Goodell, Jeff (1995) “The Supreme Court” in Wired (March 1995) p 116-122, 167-168

Greenleaf, Graham (1992) “Imaging technology on trial — Rothwells case” in ALJ vol 66 no 12 pp 849-852 (December 1992)

Greenleaf, Graham and Andrew Mowbray (1993) “Information technology in complex criminal trials” in ALJ vol 67 no 11 pp 872-878 (November 1993)

Keane, James (1987) “Computers in court” Law Institute Journal vol 61 no 5 pp 496-498 (May 1987)

Kozul v R (1981) 147 CLR 221

Milton, Ben and Michael Bliss (1994) “Virtual legality” in Polemic vol 4 no 3 pp 169-173 (1994)

Paliwala, Adbul (1993) “Computers, videotape and justice” in Journal of Law and Information Sciences vol 4 no 1 pp 20-31 (1993)

People v Simpson (O J Simpson trial)

Pinos, Timothy (1987) “Law courts computerization — its impact” in Law Institute Journal vol 64 no 3 pp 196-199 (March 1987)

Pinos, Tim and Phillip Catania (1988) “Computer-aided demonstrative evidence” in Law Institute Journal vol 62 no 1-2 pp 84-85 (January/February 1988)

Plibersek, Ray (1993) “Computers help manage complex litigation: making complex evidence more accessible” in Law Society Journal vol 31 no 7 pp 46-48 (August 1993)

Stevens, District Judge Richard W (1994) “Information Technology in the Courts” in Computers and Law vol 5 no 3 (new series) pp 26-28 (August/September 1994)

Sullivan, Kathleen (1995) “O J trial takes hi-tech road — courtroom ‘wired’ for jury’s benefit” in The San Francisco Examiner Tue, January 24, 1995

Tebbutt, Dan (1994a) “Sweet Harvest” in LAN Magazine vol 3 no 4 pp 26, 30 (September 1994)

Tebbutt, Dan (1994b) “The Promise of Multimedia” in National Accountant vol 10 no 5 pp 37-38 (October 1994)

Toombs, Ken (1994) “BS7768: 1994 — Electronic Images of Documents that may be required for Evidence” in Computers and Law vol 5 no 4 (new series) pp 24-25 (October/November 1994)

(uncredited) (1994) “Electronic court arrives” in Australian Computer Commentary vol 8 no 10 pp 155 (June 1994)

Widdison, Robin (1993) “Surviving Information Overload” in Computers and Law vol 4 no 2 (new series) pp 36-38 (June 1993)

Wilson, Katherine (1990) “Legal briefs: a thing of the past?” in Law Institute Journal vol 64 no 8 pp 700-701 (August 1990)

Further References
Armstrong, Anna “Push for courtroom 2000″ Bulletin (Law Society of SA) 16(10): 17 (November 1994)

Bodzioch, Adam “Electronic Data Interchange with the courts” Bulletin (Law Society of SA) 16(8): 22 (September 1994)

Krieger, Roy “Sophisticated computer graphics come of age — and evidence will never be the same” ABA Journal 78: 92-95 (December 1992)

McKeone, Marion “Making or breaking the case: computers in court” Law Society of ACT Gazette 139: 63-64 (June 1992)

Smith, Tanya and Philip Argy “Legal issues of imaging” Telecommunications Law and Policy Review 2(5): 66-69 (May 1994)

Comprehensive Internet site for the Legal Profession:
http://hg.org

Computer Technology Invades Litigation Practice:
http://gahtan.com/alan/articles/ctechlit.htm

Expert witnesses adept in information technology:
http://tabexperts.com/tabnews/comptech.html

THE INTERNET AND BUSINESS: A LAWYER’S GUIDE TO THE EMERGING LEGAL ISSUES
http://cla.org/RuhBook/index.htm

Discovery of Electronic Documents:
http://gahtan.com/alan/expert/C17A.HTM
http://www.collegehill.com/ilp-news/overly1.html,
http://eedinc.com/article.htm

HEADLINE:Casing Litigation-Support Software:
http://www.digital-lawyer.com/resource/bayer2.htm

Canadian Society for the Advancement of Legal Technology:
http://www.csalt.on.ca/

Litigating in the Information Age:
http://techgroup.torytory.ca/Publications/Roney2.htm

The Impact of Electronic Data Discovery on the Corporation:
http://www.eedinc.com.article.htm

The Role of computers in discovery:
http://wings.buffalo.edu/Complaw/CompLawPapers/collins.html

GEORGE SOMKUTI
BSc from University of Victoria: 1974
Diploma in Education (Secondary Curriculum) from University of Victoria: 1976
Taught high school sciences in Victoria for a couple of years thereafter.
Went into business for the rest of 70’s and early 80’s.

Studied computer programming at University of Victoria in 1983.
Entered Law School at University of Alberta, graduated 1987.
Admitted to the Bar in 1988.
Taught several continuing education courses in Landlord and Tenant.
Wrote a database – document generation program which is still being used in several law firms in Edmonton.
Have been with Cummings, Andrews & Mackay since 1991 where I have a general practice and am also responsible for the computer system.

End Notes
  1. Confidentiality of electronic legal communications/maintaining solicitor/client privilege. A paper done by Lewis S. Eisen, Michael Eidle and Mark V. Ellis for a conference in April, 1995 on the computer super highway.
  2. J. Sopinka and S. Lederman, The Law of Evidence in Canada, (Markham Buttersworths (1992), p.637)
  3. Legal Assistant Today, “The New Age of Electronic Discovery”, May/June, 1996.
  4. Reichman v. Toronto Life Publishing Co. (1988), 30 C.P.C. (2D) 280. Bank of Montreal v. 3D Properties Inc. (1993), 110 Sask. R. 302 (QB).

    Prism Hospital Software Inc. v. Hospital Medical Records Institute (1991), 62 B.C.L.R. (2d), 393(SC).

  5. Clapperton v. Bailey and County of Frontenac [1993] O.J. No. 497 (first civil case in Ontario where a computer generated image was introduced)

    R. v. Suzack [1995] O.J. No. 4238 (first use of a computer animation in a Canadian criminal trial)

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