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28 March 2013
Issue: 7554 / Categories: Features
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Book review: Electronic Evidence (Third edition)

The text remains one of the most comprehensive self-standing texts on electronic evidence in the market

Author: Stephen Mason
Publisher: LexisNexis Butterworths
ISBN: 9781405779876
Price: £175

That there have been three editions of this weighty tome in the space of five years reflects the rate and breadth of change in the law and practice of electronic evidence and disclosure. Stephen Mason and his international team of contributors are to be congratulated for keeping us to date with developments that are of obvious interest to those who practice in litigation, arbitration, regulation and investigation.

As with the second edition, the 2012 third edition of the book provides a number of useful introductory chapters, which should help even the most technophobic among us to get a good handle on this area.

The latest edition aims to reflect the increased dominance of digital evidence in legal proceedings internationally. This is seen in the new case law and legislative amendments referred to throughout.

In terms of substantial updates from the previous edition, the title boasts two new chapters. The first chapter entitled “Encrypted Data”, provides a helpful insight

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