Running a Paperless Hearing: Using Electronic Casebooks - live stream and recorded webinar (CPD: 1.5 hours)
Paperless hearings are here. They aren’t some distant innovation you can worry about later. With the development of the Higher Courts Electronic Documents Protocol, the use of electronic casebooks in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court is being encouraged, and will soon be inevitable in all hearings. This reflects moves in other jurisdictions.
Key concerns for practitioners are:
- Why should you use an electronic casebook?
- What do you need in terms of hardware and software to produce and use electronic casebooks?
- How do you use this technology to translate your old hardcopy practices for use with electronic documents?
- How do you use an electronic casebook in a hearing to find material?
- How do you lead the judge through your casebook?
- What will you do without your colour coded post-its?!
Many practitioners will be surprised to learn that it is easier to find material that is stored electronically, that you can colour code, annotate, and organise material effectively, and that once you learn your way around electronic casebooks, you won’t want to go back to paper.
Please register below.
Presenters:
Phillip Cornegé and Josh McBride, have been working in a paperless environment for some years, both on their feet in court and in their offices. They have an interest in the use of technology in law and considerable experience in this area, including having written and presented on the subject.
 | Phillip Cornegé graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2004 with a BA/LLB(Hons). In 2003 he received the Sir Richard Wild Memorial Cup, and John Thomas Prize, as winner of the Law School’s advocacy competition. Between 2004 and 2009, Phillip worked in the litigation departments at Bell Gully and Minter Ellison Rudd Watts. He worked on a range of commercial matters, including employment, contract, competition, and public law, disputes. He spent time on secondment at both the Department of Corrections and BNZ. From 2009 to 2014, Phillip worked at Almao Douch, the office of the Crown Solicitor at Hamilton. He prosecuted serious criminal offending on behalf of the Crown and several regulatory authorities. Phillip commenced practice as a barrister sole in February 2014. |
 | Josh McBride was admitted to the bar in 1998 and has worked at leading litigation practices in Auckland, Sydney and London. He is a specialist trial and appellate advocate. His areas of practice include contract interpretation, shareholder/partner disputes, trade mark infringement, consumer law, joint ventures and partnerships, construction law, insolvency, fraud, administrative law, and professional negligence. Josh also acts for defendants, such as company directors, facing criminal proceedings brought by regulators. Josh is a regular presenter at Law Society and Bar Association seminars and a faculty member of the NZLS Litigation Skills Programme. He is also involved with a number of charitable ventures in the creative sector, including the Basement Theatre Trust, of which he is a founding trustee. |
 | Webinar Chair, Gretta Schumacher, is a Junior Barrister representative on the NZBA council and has a particular interest in the use of social media and technology in law.Gretta is graduated BA/LLB (Hons) fromthe University of Auckland. she received a Senior Scholar award in both Law and Arts and received the F A de la Mare Memorial Prize for best academic record in the Part III law programme. Gretta represented New Zealand at the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Competition, as well as the Red Cross Asia-Pacific International Humanitarian Law Moot Competition. Prior to joining Shortland Chambers as a junior barrister, Gretta was a Judges' Clerk at the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. |
Learning needs:
- Creating material in an effective electronic format
- Organisation of material
- Effective annotation before and during a hearing
- Quick retrieval of documents and information during a hearing
- Advocacy techniques with electronic casebooks
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On Demand/Recording: A CPD compliant recording will be available for registrants who cannot attend the live broadcast.
Cancellation-Refund Policy:If a participant is unable to attend the seminar, a substitute participant is welcome to attend at no additional cost. If you cannot find a substitute or attend the live webinar yourself, a recording together with CPD material can be made available to you shortly afterwards. A refund less a service fee of $25.00 will apply to all cancellations (received in writing) before midday Friday 26 May 2017. There will be no refunds for cancellations received after that time. The NZBA reserves the right to cancel or reschedule seminars if necessary.
