Going to the IBA Annual Conference!

Heuristica Discovery Counsel LLP is one of Canada’s leading Chambers-ranked law firms specializing in digital evidence. Heuristica assists clients with the complexity of digital evidence and the legal issues that arise from it. We extend a warm welcome to all delegates attending the IBA Annual Conference in Toronto. We’re proud to be represented at the conference by Crystal O’Donnell, Managing Partner & Senior Counsel, and Karthik Das, Partner & Senior Counsel. We’re keen to connect with fellow delegates to explore synergies and potential opportunities to collaborate.

If you would like to schedule a brief meeting or a chat at the sidelines of the conference they can be contacted at:

codonnell@discoverycounsel.ca… Read More

Going to the CBA Construction and Infrastructure Law Conference!

James Cass, Manager Review Services and Senior Counsel and Harry Chang, Associate are excited to be attending the CBA Construction and Infrastructure Law Conference .

If you want to reach out to meet or chat you can contact them at:

jcass@discoverycounsel.ca

hchang@discoverycounsel.ca

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

For more information about the conference please visit the CBA website.

Why PDFs Can Sink Your Case – Preserving Individual Emails the Right Way

Martin Felsky

Senior Counsel

September 15, 2025

The portable document format (PDF) was a breakthrough for the legal profession. It allowed lawyers to share contracts and pleadings in a consistent, easily readable format regardless of the software used to create them. For preserving the appearance of a document, PDF remains an excellent tool.

However, litigation is not only about appearance. It is about substance, history, and context. When a document, especially an email, is converted into PDF, critical metadata is stripped away. That metadata can include the creation date, transmission details, recipients, and other fields that may prove vital to a case.… Read More

Heuristica Congratulates Winner of Legal Research Award

Heuristica is pleased to congratulate Jamil Oueidat, the winner of the 2025 University of Calgary Faculty of Law Heuristica Discovery Counsel Award for Legal Research.

This $2,000 award is presented annually to an undergraduate law student who authors the best research paper in the Faculty’s Law 693 undergraduate E-Litigation course. Jamil’s winning paper, “The Promising Use of Virtual Reality (VR) in the Realm of Evidence” exemplifies how innovative thinking and rigorous research can open new possibilities for the courtroom of the future by exploring how emerging technologies like VR could transform the way evidence is presented in court.

Heuristica also congratulates the School, Dean Laura Spitz, past Dean, Dr.… Read More

Reconsidering the Presumption of Reliability for Digital Evidence in Canadian Law – A Cautionary Reflection on the UK Horizon Scandal

Martin Felsky

Senior Counsel

The Canadian legal framework for the admissibility of electronic evidence is grounded in a presumption that digital records generated or stored by a functioning electronic system are reliable. Codified in sections 31.1 to 31.8 of the Canada Evidence Act (CEA), this presumption was introduced in 2000 to accommodate the growing volume of digital records and to promote efficiency in legal proceedings.

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