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The Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law (TRAIL) at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore is pleased to announce the official launch of Electronic Evidence and Electronic Signatures (5^th ed, University of London Press, 2021). In this latest edition of their well-established practitioner text, editors Stephen Mason and Daniel Seng bring together a team of expert international contributors, including computer scientists, academics, lawyers and archivists, to provide an exhaustive treatment of the law regarding electronic evidence. The range of issues covered by the text has been expanded to discuss contemporary issues such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning and now also includes a chapter on the law of electronic signatures, contributed by Stephen Mason himself as the authoritative voice in the field.

At the launch, the distinguished contributors will present on topics related to the issues discussed in their respective chapters. Among the topics covered are the importance of verification of electronic evidence with the advent of AI, how to authenticate electronic evidence and its relationship with technical security, the application of authentication issues to blockchains and cryptoassets, the treatment of encrypted data in evidence, how to establish the competence, knowledge and qualifications of witnesses giving evidence as to the trustworthiness of electronic evidence, practical considerations relating to the collection and examination of electronic evidence and the use and abuse of presumptions relating to electronic evidence.  Judges, practitioners, academics and law students with an interest in the law of electronic evidence and/or the law of electronic signatures are warmly invited to attend.