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Keep calm and litigate: court orders virtual trial during COVID-19 (Australia)

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By Siyabonga Mathe on April 28, 2020

An Australian court refused to postpone a six-week trial, and ordered the parties to work out the details of how the trial can proceed electronically. The parties have to decide on an electronic platform, how documents are to be exchanged, and how experts will confer prior to the trial.

In light of COVID-19, the…

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First all-Skype trial in the UK

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By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on March 25, 2020

The Law Society Gazette (UK) reports that the UK has had its first Skype trial which could be another way to ensure court business continues during adverse circumstances (and even generally).

It was a three day hearing where the judge, seven lawyers, eleven witnesses, three experts and two journalists joined the hearing online through Skype…

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