This article is part two of a three-part series examining the emergence of electronic courtrooms internationally. The first installment focused on the UK. Now, we set our sights on Asia.
Legal professionals in the West interested in the evolution of digital litigation may already be aware of recent initiatives in the UK to manage courtroom evidence electronically. Or perhaps they may be following new developments with the Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) program—which began to roll out in US federal courts nationally in 2002 and is currently transitioning to a “Next Generation” version with new functionality. Maybe they are tracking the rather uneven adoption in the US of electronic filing in state courts. But how many judges and attorneys in the US or the UK are aware that Singapore has modernized its court system with a mandate for “the world’s first nationwide paperless litigation”?
