Essay Archive - Computer Generated Evidence In Court
Computer Generated Evidence In Court
We are living in what is usually described as an 'information society' and as
the business community makes ever greater use of computers the courts are going
to find that increasingly the disputes before them turn on evidence which has at
some stage passed through or been processed by a computer. In order to keep in
step with this practice it is vital that the courts are able to take account of
such evidence. As the Criminal Law Revision Committee recognised, 'the
increasing use of computers by the Post Office, local authorities, banks and
business firms to store information will make ....
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