Osgoode Hall Law School of York University Osgoode Digital Commons Articles & Book Chapters Faculty Scholarship 2008 New Trends in Procedural Law: New Technologies and the Civil Litigation Process Janet Walker Osgoode Hall Law School of York University,
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[email protected] Source Publication: Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. Volume 31, Number 1 (2008), p. 251-294. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/scholarly_works This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. Recommended Citation Walker, Janet, and Garry D. Watson. "New Trends in Procedural Law: New Technologies and the Civil Litigation Process." Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 31.1 (2008): 251-294. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Scholarship at Osgoode Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles & Book Chapters by an authorized administrator of Osgoode Digital Commons. New Trends in Procedural Law: New Technologies and the Civil Litigation Process By JANET WALKER AND GARRY D. WATSON* I. Introduction The information technology revolution is upon us. Its effects are everywhere around us. Lord Woolf has said, "IT will not only assist in streamlining and improving our existing systems and process; it is also likely, in due course, itself to be a catalyst for radical change as well. IT will be the foundation