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With the proliferation of electronic files being created and distributed by corporations around the globe today, it is no surprise that the discovery process during a document-heavy litigation is become more and more onerous.
It is estimated that around 31 billion emails are sent daily around the world. This equates to 174 emails per person per day and 34 emails per corporate user.
Email is only one source of electronically created documents – millions of documents are also created and stored on servers, desktop computers and laptop computers. These electronic documents, or files, are often backed up on a daily basis, creating records that may be retrieval years down the track. Often such documents are not catalogued and are stored in a haphazard way, which can lead to headaches for a lawyer needing to review such documents for discovery.
Electronic discovery is the process of collating and exchanging documents during discovery, in electronic format.
Documents can be obtained in two distinct formats: hard copy and/or electronic. "Electronic" documents may, in fact, be hard copy documents that have been digitised (ie imaged and saved to formats such as PDF and TIFF ) as opposed to having been sourced in electronic format.
<e.law> can assist lawyers to deal with many of the issues that need to be addressed when faced with having to discover what can be hundreds of thousands or even millions of electronic documents. Importantly, if electronic documents are to be exchanged during discovery, <e.law> assists by applying the requirements of existing court practice notes and whether they are sufficient to deal with electronically sourced documents.
With the proliferation of electronic files being created and distributed by corporations around the globe today, it is no surprise that the discovery process during a document-heavy litigation is become more and more onerous.
It is estimated that around 31 billion emails are sent daily around the world. This equates to 174 emails per person per day and 34 emails per corporate user.
Email is only one source of electronically created documents – millions of documents are also created and stored on servers, desktop computers and laptop computers. These electronic documents, or files, are often backed up on a daily basis, creating records that may be retrieval years down the track. Often such documents are not catalogued and are stored in a haphazard way, which can lead to headaches for a lawyer needing to review such documents for discovery.
Electronic discovery is the process of collating and exchanging documents during discovery, in electronic format.
Documents can be obtained in two distinct formats: hard copy and/or electronic. "Electronic" documents may, in fact, be hard copy documents that have been digitised (ie imaged and saved to formats such as PDF and TIFF ) as opposed to having been sourced in electronic format.
<e.law> can assist lawyers to deal with many of the issues that need to be addressed when faced with having to discover what can be hundreds of thousands or even millions of electronic documents. Importantly, if electronic documents are to be exchanged during discovery, <e.law> assists by applying the requirements of existing court practice notes and whether they are sufficient to deal with electronically sourced documents.
For more information about e.discovery, please contact us:
- Telephone (within Australia): 1300 136 993
- Telephone (outside Australia): +61 2 9221 1366
- Email: contact@elaw.com.au
We will be happy to discuss your exact requirements.
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<e.law> undertook the management of the IT and telecommunications services for the Royal Commission into the Failure of HIH Insurance. The services that <e.law> provided included:
- Management of the IT environment
- Audio visual infrastructure
- e-CourtBook management
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- Management of the IT environment
- Audio visual infrastructure
- e-CourtBook management
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