Review of the law, practice and management of the discovery of documents in litigation before the Federal Court
Discovery e-news | Issue 6
Issue 6 | November 2010 View original format Consultation Paper released! We are pleased to announce the release of Discovery in Federal Courts (ALRC CP 2).See media release >> Due to a reduction in the ALRC’s appropriation as part of the Government’s budget measures, the ALRC is no longer able to provide hard copies of …
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This Consultation Paper was released on 15 November 2010. It reflects the law as at 31 October 2010.
Read moreDiscovery e-news | Issue 5
Issue 5 | November 2010 View original format The month in summary This month, the ALRC consulted with the Australian Taxation Office to discuss discovery issues in the context of tax litigation. We were interested to hear about the practical operation of procedures, particularly those effecting the discovery process, set down in Practice Note Tax …
Read morePanel Discussion, Melbourne, 17 November: Conduct of Lawyers in Discovery: Room for Improvement?
The Australian Law Reform Commission is currently reviewing the laws relating to discovery of documents in federal litigation and will shortly release a Consultation Paper. Please join us for an inquiring and invigorating roundtable discussion focusing on the conduct of lawyers and ethical obligations in discovery in Melbourne on 17 November 2010.
Read moreDiscovery Inquiry stakeholders are invited to attend a Panel Discussion in Sydney, 18 November 2010
The Australian Law Reform Commission invites you to attend a PANEL DISCUSSION following the release of the ALRC’s Consultation Paper, Discovery of Documents in Federal Courts
Read moreDiscovery e-news | Issue 4
Issue 4 | October 2010 View original formatThe month in summaryThis month, the ALRC Discovery team headed to Melbourne for a further round of consultations. We met with the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, which had previously convened a seminar on discovery in August 2007. The material coming out of that seminar provides us with …
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Issue 3 | September 2010 View original format The month in summary The highlight of the last month was the first Discovery Advisory Committee meeting, where we subjected our preliminary ideas—gleaned from our research and consultations to date—to the scrutiny of an assembled body of leading experts. The ‘thought bubbles’ were robustly debated among the group, including …
Read moreDiscovery e-news | Issue 2
Issue 2 | August 2010 View original format The month in summary Over the last month, we have embarked on some preliminary consultations and research into the discovery process. We are very grateful to those who have given us their time to talk about this inquiry and appreciate the contributions that have been made to …
Read moreDiscovery e-news | Issue 1
Welcome to the inquiry The 2009 Report of the Access to Justice Taskforce, A Strategic Framework for Access to Justice in the Federal Civil Justice System, considered barriers to justice in relation to court-based dispute resolution and noted the high and often disproportionate cost of discovery. The reference of this inquiry to the ALRC is …
Read moreALRC to review Discovery in Federal Courts to Improve Access to Justice
On 10 May 2010, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) received Terms of Reference from the Commonwealth Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, for an Inquiry to look into discovery of documents in litigation in federal courts.The Terms of Reference ask the ALRC to focus on issues of: the law, practice and management of the …
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