How should lawyers use AI?

December 04, 2024 by JW in Artificial Intelligence, Supreme Court of Victoria, Practice and Procedure, Practice Note, Practice Notes

Various jurisdictions are beginning to grapple with the appropriate use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by parties and legal practitioners in the court system. What are the requirements for legal practitioners in Victoria? What are other jurisdictions doing?

Commercial Court digital paperless strategy

November 30, 2017 by JW in Civil Procedure, Civil litigation, Practice Notes, Supreme Court of Victoria, Technology

The Supreme Court's has ambitions to achieve an end-to-end paperless court and trial system. The Court is determined not to allow its 19th century building get in the way of 21st century trials. A full copy of the paper is available here.

Documentary advocacy in commercial trials: what does the judge want?

October 04, 2017 by JW in Procedure, Civil Procedure, Practice Notes, Civil litigation, Court Books, Advocacy, Technology

Here are ten tips to prepare for a commercial trial, based on a paper prepared by Justice Hargrave (principal judge of the Supreme Court’s Commercial Court) in 2017, and a previous version of the paper from 2014.

In short, good advocacy involves strategic out-of-court preparation, including considered ‘documentary advocacy’, awareness of the Civil Procedure rules, harnessing technology, and early analysis and editing of the case.