Email as legal evidence

[Robert Hart]

On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Greg Taylor wrote:

> Given the ease with which E-Mail can be forged, it is worrying that it is
> so explicitly defined as admissable evidence.  
> 
> But then, I am not a lawyer.  

Eek - this is a real concern. Have there been any cases in which email has
been used as evidence? I would have thought that the opposition's lawyers
would have no trouble at all in showing that it is almost valueless...

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