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Text-Based Communication from Court – UK Guidelines

CCCT-CCTJ — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:01:56 +0000

If you are interested in policies and guidelines available on the topic at hand, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has published guidelines on text-based communication from Court: Practice Guidance: The Use of Live Text-Based Forms of Communication (including Twitter) from Court for the Purposes of Fair and Accurate Reporting

Hat tip to The IT Law Community’s blog post.

Cameras in the Courtroom

Clearinghouse IWG — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:33:10 +0000

The pilot project in the US has now posted 7 federal proceedings online. For more information on the pilot and the guidelines developed visit Cameras in Courts.

E-Filing Case Study Report

CCCT-CCTJ — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:30:13 +0000

The E-Filing IWG has been working on a Case Studies Report in an effort to present information on e-filing initiatives in Canada.

Access the E-Filing Case Study Report
Please note that we will try to update this report as much as possible, so to present the latest information available from each jurisdictions. If you feel like you can help us in this task, don’t hesitate to contact us.

BC Cloud Computing Working Group Report

Clearinghouse IWG — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:19:47 +0000

The Law Society of British Columbia’s Cloud Computing Working Group has issued their report. The committee was chaired by Gavin Hume QC. In addition to the analysis of the issues and recommendations for the Society and lawyers, the report includes a checklist and best practices for legal professions [and others] considering in adopting cloud computing.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Clearinghouse IWG — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:45:54 +0000

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada website offers a variety of publication and research reports on matters related of privacy and identity and the impact of technology on these issues.

They recently released PIPEDA and Your Practice: A Privacy Handbook for Lawyers. Other reports of interest include:

Electronic Disclosure of Personal Information in the Decisions of Administrative Tribunals – What should administrative tribunals consider when contemplating Internet publication of their decisions? February 26, 2010

A Matter of Trust: Integrating Privacy and Public Safety in the 21^st Century November 16, 2010

Canadian Court Website Guidelines

CCCT-CCTJ — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:22:58 +0000

The CCCT-CCTJ is proud to publish the work of its Canadian Court Website Intellaction Working Group. The group has prepared an extensive set of guidelines on the development and maintenance of a court website. Here you’ll find a brief summary and its table of content (in PDF format).

Access the Canadian Court Website Guidelines here!

OASIS LegalXML Electronic Court Filing Technical Committee

CCCT-CCTJ — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:43:36 +0000

OASIS LegalXML Electronic Court Filing Technical Committee
Using XML to create and transmit legal documents among attorneys, courts, litigants, and others.