Use of Computer and internet in professional legal work

Your phone holds a client's photographs, a chat in which he admits a delay, and the PDF of a notice. Tomorrow a court may be asked to accept all three. A lawyer today drafts on a computer, researches online, emails clients and sometimes appears by video link. Each of those habits brings a legal question: is this email evidence, is this database reliable, and what happens to the client's secrets if the laptop is lost? This topic covers the practical uses and the rules that follow them.

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Computers and the internet speed up drafting, research, communication and case management, but every use carries duties: verify what you find, keep the client's information confidential, and be able to prove electronic material in court under s.63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023.

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