BY SIMRAN BAKSHI, ASSOCIATE LAWYER I was recently interviewed by Lawyer’s Weekly correspondent Kim Arnott regarding the impact that social media can have in family law litigation. Given the nature of issues presented in family law, it is really not all that surprising to see social media increasingly relied upon
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Wise Law Blog: "CourtBerry Syndrome" and Why Some Jurors Can’t Resist Tweeting
Trial judges routinely warn jurors to avoid using social media and the internet to research or comment on matters before the court during trials. Nonetheless, news reports of jurors who disregard these instructions seem to be increasingly frequent. Such juror misconduct has potentially disastrous consequences for the administration of justice. A December
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