Legal admissibility of evidence held in digital form

✍ Scribed by Amanda J. Kearsley

• Book ID: 104322323
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 315 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0267-3649
• DOI: 10.1016/s0267-3649(99)80037-5

✦ Synopsis

Organizations faced with voluminous paper documents are increasingly turning to technology, scanning the paper documents and then destroying the originals, placing increased reliance on electronic document management systems for subsequent retrieval. One key difficulty these organizations face is the uncertain legal status of the electronic record, and whether, if necessary, the digital copy of the original paper document can be used in evidence in legal proceedings. This first part of a two part article considers the effects of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 and also examines current and recommended practices for ensuring the admissibility of digital evidence.