Read Patrick Cormier’s article on Slaw: Gateways to Justice: Design and Operational Guidelines for Remote Participation in Court Proceedings

If you were a participant at one of the last editions of the Canadian Forum on Court Technology, you can attend this week’s online presentations hosted in a fully virtual environment offered by AVAYA Government Solutions.

Two presentations will be made by Patrick Cormier, CEO of the CCCT-CCTJ. Each will take place twice in English, twice in French. Feel free to attend which even presentation works with your schedule. For details on the presentations, please visit the links below:

A Technology Opportunity for Court Modernization: Remote Appearances
Analysis of Electronic Signatures in the Canadian Justice Sector

One of the opening sessions of Legal IT 7.0, today in Montréal: Patrick Cormier, CCCT’s CEO, addresses electronic signatures.

A clear definition: « A signature is a permanent mark related to an object, a document or electronic data that is:
• associated with a specific person;
• unique to the person;
• proof of an implicit or explicit intention underlying the signature. »

Caution to jurists out there: The signature’s reliability and quality ≠ legal validity of the signature

So… what is an ideal signature? « A signature presenting high levels of reliability and convenience. Achievement of an ideal signature in the electronic world is not easy. With the present state of technology, and inverse relationship exists between convenience and reliability. »

How do we choose an electronic signature solution? The following steps are suggested.

For the complete presentation, be sure to visit the Legal IT 7.0 website (documents and PowerPoint presentations available soon).