Technology for Justice 2000

PRESENTATION PROGRAM

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Sunday 8th October.

6pm WELCOME COCKTAIL PARTY
WELCOME TO DELEGATES - THE HON JOHN PHILLIPS, AC, CHIEF JUSTICE OF VICTORIA

Monday 9th October 2000

9.00am OPENING SESSION
Convenor : Justice Murray Kellam, AIJA PRESIDENT

WELCOME : THE HON MURRAY GLEESON AC, CHIEF JUSTICE OF AUSTRALIA

9.30am KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Convenor : The Hon Michael Black AC, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia

  • TONY SUTHERLAND, LawNow Pty Ltd. INTERNET AND BEYOND: A NEW ORDER FOR JUSTICE?

    • 10.30 – 11.00pm MORNING TEA

    11.00am KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
    Convenor : Justice Peter Underwood, Supreme Court of Tasmania

  • CHERYL NYBERG, GALLAGER LAW LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. BEST PRACTICE IN DELIVERING COURT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

    • 11.45am SESSION 1A: Using the Internet for enhancing public access
    Convenor : Justice Peter Underwood, Supreme Court of Tasmania

  • Justice Peter Underwood, Supreme Court of Tasmania. Communicating decisions on sentencing to the public via the Internet.
  • Mark Burdack, NSW Attorney-Generals Department. Developing the LawLink web-site.
  • Sue Scott, Director Online Legal Access Project, Law Foundation of NSW. Courts online: using the Internet to deliver legal information.

    • 11.45am SESSION 1B: Improving Court Processes
    Convenor : Judge David Harvey, District Court, New Zealand

  • Justice Neil Buckley, The Family Court of Australia. The Family Court technical make-over.
  • Justice Martin Moynihan, Queensland Supreme Court. Computerised systems for call-overs and Chambers online.

    • 12.30 – 2.00pm LUNCH

    2.00pm SESSION 2A: Making Judges and Magistrates lives easier
    Convenor : The Hon. Paul Seaman, QC

  • Judge Mary Ann Yeats, District Court of Western Australia. The uses of PowerPoint for briefing juries.
  • Mr Tony Newman, Magistrate, South Australia. Weaving your own web - A Guide to Intranet, and Electronic Newsletters.
  • Janine Taggart, Manager, Information Systems, The Supreme Court of NSW. The use of voice recognition in preparing judgments.

    • 2.00pm SESSION 2B: Case Management
    Convenor : Warwick Soden, Registrar, Federal Court of Australia

  • Richard Foster, Chief Executive Officer and Tony Martin, Chief Information Officer, Family Court of Australia. Case management systems in the Family Court.
  • Judge John O’Meally, President of the Dust Diseases Tribunal, NSW and David Martin, Registrar. The Amairgen Case Management system.

    • 2.45 – 3.30pm TRADE SHOW VIEWING

    3.30 – 4.00pm AFTERNOON TEA

    4.00pm SESSION 3A: Electronic Appeals
    Convenor : The Hon. Paul de Jersey AC, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Queensland

  • The Hon. David Malcolm AC, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Western Australia. The Western Australia e-Appeals project and Appeal Book.
  • Joanne Sherman, LawNow, Electronic Appeal Book - case study: The solution delivered to the parties for the appeal in Powercor v Pacific Power (Victorian Court of Appeal).

    • 4.00pm SESSION 3B: Security, confidentiality, authentication and online courts
    Convenor : Richard Refshauge, Director of Public Prosecutions, ACT

  • Dan Carosone, E-Secure Pty Ltd. Non-repudiation of electronic signatures and the implications for digital forensics.
  • Judge David Harvey, District Court, New Zealand. Authentication and verification of online material.

    • Tuesday 10th October 2000

    8.45am PLENARY – ELECTRONIC FILING
    Convenor : Michael Rozenes, QC, Barrister, Victoria

  • Terrie Bousquin, Administrative Office of the Courts in New Mexico. Electronic Filing – The New Mexico experience. Including a videolink to a panel from the New Mexico courts.

    • 9.45am SESSION 4A: Electronic Courts Update
    Convenor : Julie Baker, Deputy States Courts Administrator, Courts Administration Authority, South Australia

  • Janine Taggart, Manager, Information Systems, NSW Supreme Court. The NSW Electronic Courtrooms.
  • Justice David Harper, Supreme Court of Victoria. Court Thirteen.
  • Justice John McKechnie, Supreme Court of WA. The Intelligent Courtroom.

    • 9.45am SESSION 4B: Electronic Filing
    Convenor : Philip Argy, Mallesons Stephen Jaques

  • Sally Kay, Information Technology Advisor, The Law Society of NSW, Richard Weatherley, Galexia Pty Ltd, and Mr. Ron Walker, the NSW Attorney-General's Department.
    Electronic Filing case studies
    Part One : The use of Digital Certificates by Solicitors.
    Part Two : Proof-of-concept trial of filing court documents via a secure web page    .
  • Justice Murray Kellam, President of VCAT. Launch of VCAT Online
  • Jim Nelms, Senior Registrar, Residential Tenancies List, The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal and Robert Martin, Systems Developer. VCAT Online - Out with the old and in with the new.

    • 10.15 – 10.45am MORNING TEA

    10.45am Sessions 4a and 4b Continued

    11.15am PLENARY: LEGAL XML – TOOLS FOR MANAGING LEGAL DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET
    Convenor : Allison Stanfield, Director, <e.Law> Australia Pty Ltd

  • Winchell "Todd" Vincent III, Georgia State University. Developments in Legal XML.

    • 12.00pm SESSION 5A: Public Access from remote locations
    Convenor : Anne Wallace, Deputy Executive Director, AIJA

  • Louise Whittaker, Queensland Legal Aid. The Woman’s Justice Network Legal Aid in Queensland.
  • Janet Maughan, Bushlink Consortium (South Australia) representing the Courts Administration Authority, Department for Correctional Services and the Legal Services Commission. Bushlink – a cross-organisational service to remote areas.

    • 12.00pm SESSION 5B: XML seminar
    Convenor : Giles Nunis, National Business Development Manager - Courts, LawNow

  • Allison Stanfield, <e.Law> Australia Pty Ltd. Review of XML developments in Australia.
  • Panel Discussion. XML developments and directions.

    • 1.00 – 2.00pm LUNCH

    2.00pm SESSION 6A: eJustice 2000 @ Singapore
    Convenor : Bill Cossey, State Courts Administrator, Courts Administration Authority, South Australia

  • Richard Lau, Principal Director (Corporate Services) Singapore Subordinate Courts.

    • 2.00pm SESSION 6B: Judicial Support
    Convenor : Judge Michael McInerney, Country Court of Victoria

  • Jennifer Lazberger, Manager, Chief Justices’ Chambers, Supreme Court of WA. Judgment production system and decisions database.
  • Ernie Schmatt, Chief Executive and Murali Sagi, Information Systems Manager, NSW Judicial Commission. The Judicial Information Research System.

    • 2.45pm SESSION 7A: Investigation and Litigation Support
    Convenor : Jeff Leeuwenburg, Silver Stream Pty Ltd

  • Jamie Orchard, ASIC and Cath Barker, Assistant Director, Commercial Prosecutions, Office of Commonwealth DPP. The ASIC Litigation Support System.
  • Keith Inman, Director, Electronic Enforcement, ASIC. Enforcing the law in electronic environments.

    • 2.45pm SESSION 7B: Legal Information
    Convenor : Carlos Iglesias, Director, Information Technology Services Branch, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

  • The Hon Paul Seaman, QC and David Grainger, Director SCALEplus. Public Access to Legal Materials, using the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department's SCALEplus database.
  • Prof Graham Greenleaf, Co-Director, AUSTLII, University of New South Wales. The Courts and AUSTLII – new developments.

    • 3.30 -4.00pm AFTERNOON TEA

    4.00 – 4.30pm CLOSING SESSION AND WHERE TO NEXT?