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PAGE 12 FOCUS June 6, 2011 • Law Times YOUR GUIDE TO OBTAINING, UNDERSTANDING AND PRESENTING ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE IN THE INFORMATION AGE NEW PUBLICATION DIGITAL EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL LAW DANIEL SCANLAN Dealing with electronic evidence is now a required skill in almost all litigation. How can you ensure the reliability of that evidence for your case? Digital Evidence in Criminal Law by Crown attorney and digital evidence authority Dan Scanlan covers all aspects of digital evidence at all stages of criminal proceedings. Guiding you from investigations to forensics, to disclosure, to trial issues, this book examines such topics as: • How digital evidence is obtained by police • How the Charter applies to investigations involving the search and seizure of data • Processing and disclosing digital forensic evidence • Establishing the admissibility and weight of electronic evidence • The potential effects of viruses on digital evidence issues relating to expert evidence Features include: • Case summaries on each topic to indicate the state of current judicial thinking regarding evidence • Appendices containing case lists, legislation and resources on related topics • Precedents for disclosure undertakings • A discussion of legislation regarding the use of digital evidence This resource helps you to accurately evaluate and assess the reliability of digital evidence in criminal law. NEW PUBLICATION A GUIDE TO BREATHALYZER CERTIFICATES IN CANADA ALAN PEARSE Gain a better understanding of the admissibility of a Breathalyzer Certificate as evidence and when it can be used to prove a .08 blood alcohol charge in impaired driving cases. This is the only resource that provides you with a comparison of pre and post 2008 Criminal Code amendments side-by-side and analyzes the "Carter" defence and where it can be applied. THIS PRACTICAL GUIDE IS EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED: • Crowns can use this practical, in-depth guide to help prepare for the trial • Defence can rely on this guide to advise clients, prepare for trials and use as a reference in court. It will point out where the motorists' Charter of Rights and Freedoms may have been violated when obtaining the certificate. • Judges will find it useful for helping decide technical issues involved in breathalyzer certificates. SAVE TIME WITH MANY HELPFUL FEATURES, INCLUDING MORE THAN 500 CASES This guide is easy-to-use and is organized in the same way an impaired driving investigation unfolds. Each chapter is divided into several sections to help you get the information you need fast. DO YOU KNOW WHEN BREATHALYZER CERTIFICATES ARE ADMISSIBLE IN COURT? ORDER # 804502-69654 Hardbound • Approx. 320 pp. Approx. $85 • April 2011 P/C 1006010000 978-0-088804-502-7 ORDER # 804521-69019 $99 1 volume looseleaf 1 supplement per year 978-0-88804-521-8 Supplements invoiced separately AVAILABLE RISK-FREE FOR 30 DAYS Order online at www.canadalawbook.ca Call Toll-Free: 1-800-387-5164 In Toronto: 416-609-3800 Shipping and handling are extra. Price subject to change without notice and subject to applicable taxes. AVAILABLE RISK-FREE FOR 30 DAYS Order online at www.canadalawbook.ca Call Toll-Free: 1-800-387-5164 In Toronto: 416-609-3800 Shipping and handling are extra. Price subject to change without notice and subject to applicable taxes. CANADA LAW BOOK® Untitled-5 1 6/1/11 10:16:32 AM CANADA LAW BOOK® www.lawtimesnews.com Untitled-5 1 6/1/11 9:58:47 AM

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