The Role of Electronic Evidence in Commercial Litigation: What`s In and What`s Out?

Electronic evidence has become a regular feature of both civil and criminal litigation, and presents unique challenges and opportunities for parties and the courts. In this program Geoffrey Adelstein, from Elmassian Lawyers in Northbridge, New South Wales, looks at: what is electronic evidence; how it differs from traditional evidence; admissibility and proving or disproving of electronic evidence; the challenges for commercial transactions, including determining the terms, parties and when and where contracts have been formed; the impact of social media evidence; and electronic evidence and dispute resolution.

29 minutes / 0.5 CPD units