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Package includes:

On Demand Module  l  Electronic Booklet  l  PowerPoint Presentation

Package Fee (incl GST)

  • $205 - NZLS members and Associate members
  • $255 - Non-members

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On Demand Module

Presentation time: 120 minutes
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CPD HRS

The Court of Appeal is leading the move to electronic records and it is anticipated that a similar approach will be adopted by all the higher courts over time.

This seminar will discuss the Court of Appeal’s perspective on why electronic casebooks are being used, and how the judges work with these records. It will also include practical advice from experienced practitioners for advocating effectively in this environment.

This presentation will outline the key processes that you need to understand in order to create and use electronic casebooks. A separate webinar will be held at a later date to address the more technical aspects of these casebooks.

Topics covered will include:
  • Why there is a move to electronic casebooks
  • Complying with the new requirements
  • Preparing electronic casebooks effectively and successfully
  • Using these casebooks to enhance your advocacy for your clients
  • Helping your clients understand the benefits.

Done well, electronic casebooks are extremely useful for all concerned in the process and their benefits include their accessibility and portability. This seminar will help ensure that you are able to prepare high quality casebooks.

Learning objectives

After completing this module you will have an enhanced understanding of:

  • How to prepare electronic casebooks.
  • How to work with these casebooks.

Please contact us if you use a dial up internet connection.

Electronic Booklet

Authors: Justice Ellen France, David Goddard QC,  Bronwyn McKinlay, Justice Miller, Bruce Scott
Published: 4 May 2016
Pages: 58

Introduction

For many lawyers, who spend much of their life buried in and shuffling mountains of paper, the idea of moving to a paperless office through the use of modern technology is daunting to say the least. The notion that one might then go one step further and actually appear in court arguing a case using and relying on an electronic casebook may seem surreal. Nevertheless, that is where the courts, both in New Zealand and overseas, have been heading for some time now.

In that context, the overall purpose of this seminar booklet is to demystify the change to an electronic environment and introduce the next phase in the progression to a paperless Court. More specifically the objectives of this paper are to:

(a) Provide different perspectives on this change, thinking about these issues from the standpoint of the judiciary, advocates, law firms and, not unimportantly, clients.

(b) Briefly describe how other jurisdictions are currently utilising electronic document management.

(c) Identify the relevant rules of court (including practice notes and protocols) that presently, or will shortly, govern the use of electronic casebooks in the Higher Courts.

(d) Discuss briefly the resourcing requirements for electronic casebooks in terms of hardware, software and people.

(e) Consider the different approaches to be taken depending on whether the electronic casebook is to be used in a High Court trial or on appeal.

(f) Emphasise the critical importance of good communication and collaboration between those preparing electronic casebooks in order to ensure that they function as intended and add the most value possible to all users (the court, practitioners and clients).

(g) Touch on the process involved in creating and using an electronic casebook both in a trial and appellate context.

As to the last of these points, the objective of this seminar is not to provide a technical user’s guide on how to build or operate an electronic casebook. That is the purpose of a forthcoming webinar. It is important to appreciate, however, that given the changes in technology and user understanding, this more mechanical, albeit critically important, process will continue to evolve rapidly. Any reader of this booklet in two years’ time is likely to find significant changes have occurred in the process of assembling an electronic casebook.

PowerPoint Presentation

These are the slides included in the presentation.
Number of Slides: 59
Justice France 2016 Justice Miller 2016 David Goddard QC 2016
The Hon Justice Ellen France
President, Court of Appeal
Wellington		 The Hon Justice Forrie Miller
Court of Appeal
Wellington		 David Goddard QC
Wellington
Bruce Scott 2016 Bronwyn McKinlay 2016  
Bruce Scott
Partner, Chapman Tripp
Wellington		 Bronwyn McKinlay
Senior Associate, Bell Gully
Auckland		  

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