Evidence: Admissibility and Weight of Photographs

Cyber Forensics and Admissibility of Digital Evidence

Cyber Forensics and Admissibility of Digital Evidence by Dr. Swati Mehta* Cite as: (2012) PL January S-23†Section 65-B of the Evidence Act deals with admissibility of electronic records as evidence in the court of law. The computer holding the original evidence does not need to be produced in court. A printout of the record or a copy on a CDROM, hard disk, floppy, etc. can be produced in the ...

Photographs as Evidence ∗

Photographs furnish evidence. This is true in both formal and informal contexts. The use of photographs as legal evidence goes back to the very earliest days of photography, and they have been used in American trials since around the time of the Civil War. Photographs may also serve as historical evidence (for example, about the Civil War). And they serve in informal contexts as evidence about ...

The Admissibility of Scientific Evidence in Illinois

The admissibility of expert evidence in Canada.

Recent decisions in Canadian Law suggest that it is evolving in a manner heavily influenced by American law. A recent Supreme Court decision uses the framework of prevailing law and superimposes the more stringent criteria enunciated in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. We trace this development, reviewing the intervening cases that have contributed, and conclude with a summary of th...

A Model for Digital Evidence Admissibility Assessment

Digital evidence is increasingly important in legal proceedings as a result of advances in the information and communications technology sector. Because of the transnational nature of computer crimes and computer-facilitated crimes, the digital forensic process and digital evidence handling must be standardized to ensure that the digital evidence produced is admissible in legal proceedings. The...