By Patrick Eitenbichler

On March 2nd, Karen Dearne at Australian IT  published an article highlighting changes in the Australian legal system with new e-discovery rules requiring all electronic documents and emails to be produced and exchanged electronically as opposed to paper.

Issued by Chief Justice Black after 19 months of consultation, the e-discovery rules aim to improve efficiencies and help contain costs at a time when protracted litigation between corporate players and inquiries into financial misconduct have placed extreme pressure on court resources.

Take a read of the whole article -- where lawyer and computer forensics expert Seamus Byrne shares his views of the new rules.