In Pursuit of Relevance

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• Media Report - Government opens doors for export of personal data

  "Australian governments of all persuasions stress how essential border security is in many fields, such as immigration, narcotics and quarantine, but the Rudd government is proposing to abandon any border protection of personal information."

• Real eDiscovery, Fall 2009 - The Australian eDiscovery Landscape

  Experts Geoffrey Lambert and Seamus E. Byrne provide insights regarding the Australian eDiscovery landscape.

• Chief Justice Martin on Discovery

  "The expense involved in discovery can be horrendous."

• Federal Court of Australia re-issues PN 17

  The Federal Court of Australia has re-issued Practice Note 17 as PN CM 6.

• LexisNexis e-Discovery & Digital Forensics Conference - Hong Kong, 2009

  On 20-21 July 2009, I was pleased to serve as the Chairperson of the inaugural LexisNexis e-Discovery & Digital Forensics Conference, held at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel in Hong Kong.

• Supreme Court of Singapore's new Practice Direction 3 of 2009

  The Supreme Court of Singapore has released Practice Direction 3 of 2009 dealing with the "Discovery and Inspection of Electronically Stored Documents" (PD 3/2009).

• Media Report - Legal team rebuked for 'trolley-load litigation'

  "A SUPREME Court judge has delivered a rare and costly rebuke to a Sydney legal team for "trolley-load litigation", a sin that experts say is widespread in our courts but almost impossible to stop."

• Media Report - Courts get a friendly makeover

  "IF HELL has harbour views, as a Sydney lawyer once noted, why shouldn't the highest courts in the land? They will now, as the NSW Government commits $69 million for the upgrade of the oft-maligned…

• First Look - Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill 2009

  Attorney-General Robert McClelland has presented a Bill for "an Act to amend legislation relating to federal courts, and for related purposes."

• Discovery under the Supreme Court of Victoria's new Practice Note 2/2009 (TEC List)

  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.