What is e-discovery and how does it work? Discovery is the process whereby parties to a dispute provide documentary evidence as part of their disclosure obligations under the requirements of the Evidence Act and the High Court Rules. E-discovery is the use of electronic means to assist in finding, identifying, locating, retrieving, reviewing, listing or exchanging the documents described above. […]
Submissions to the Supreme Court, appealing the Court of Appeal decision of Wishart v Murray. Submissions completed as a requirement of Law 449: Selected Topics on Media Law Introduction These submissions support the appellant, Mr Wishart, in appealing the decision of the Court of Appeal partially overturning the decision in Wishart v Murray [2013] NZHC 540, [2013] 3 NZLR 246. In […]
Fair use, or fair dealing, that is the question. An opinion completed as a requirement for Law 404: Intellectual Property Should New Zealand reform the Copyright Act 1994 to incorporate a broader, more flexible “fair use” exception to copyright infringement based on the United States (US) model? The starting point in answering this question is to determine the purpose of copyright […]