Evidence Reform in the Digital Age

From 2013-2015 Nigel Wilson was the Chair of the South Australian Law Reform Institute’s Evidence and Technology Reference Group and the preparation of its Issues Paper and Final Report.  Pleasingly, the Evidence (Records and Documents) Amendment Act 2015 came into effect on 4 April 2016.

According to the SA Attorney-General, the amendments to the Evidence Act 1929 are intended to ‘contribute to the efficient conduct of litigation in South Australia by facilitating the proof and admissibility of electronic communications and computer-generated evidence that is consistent with contemporary views of its use, accuracy and reliability…This Bill will provide South Australia with a workable and effective framework for the use in court proceedings of this type of evidence and will bring South Australia in line with the law in other jurisdictions’.