In addition to the video link facilities, e-Trial resources and eLodgment facilities referred to above, the Supreme Court utilises other forms of electronic technology to facilitate the presentation of evidence. These technologies include document examiners which display documents and photographs onto a personal computer, TV or large plasma screen in court and DVD players installed on in-court PCs which also display evidence via a range of screens in court.
If a party wishes to utilise any of this technology, the party must contact the CTO well before the hearing date to ensure that the appropriate technology will be available in the court in which the matter is listed to be heard.
A party who wishes to play a DVD in court must contact the CTO not less than 48 hours in advance in order to ensure that the software necessary to play a DVD in the particular format in which the DVD has been recorded has been installed on the relevant in-court PC. If a party fails to do so and the format is not compatible with the in-court PC, the party must provide an appropriate DVD player to play the DVD and, if necessary, make prior arrangements with the CTO to connect it to the in-court screens. Failure to make these arrangements prior to trial can result in significant delays which waste the parties' and the court's resources. These instructions apply to all parties, including the DPP.
