The Delium Story
Tactics
Delium is the marriage of tactics and technology to produce the best outcome for your client.
In 425 BC the Boeatians, allies of the Spartans, and Athenians were at war. The Athenians fought with greater numbers. The Boeatians, with lesser numbers, acted tactically, applied new technology and won – Delium was saved.
Delium continues the tradition of combining clever tactics and technology to help you win.
Tactics & Technology
The flame in our logo represents a flame thrower, innovative new technology used for the first time in the Battle of Delium.
The surrounding circle represents a new tactic and strategy used in the same Battle of keeping a reserve force ready to surround and overwhelm the opposition after the initial fray (eDiscovery) had been completed.
Patent Protected Functionality – Granted US, Australian and Canadian Patents
Delium includes two patented elements relating to “Evidentiary Information” and “Multiple Proceedings” which allow us to claim:
- Delium is the only eTrial product that can provide a truly paperless and personal electronic courtroom experience capable of being run by the legal teams.
- Delium is the most efficient eDiscovery software for managing multiple related cases, substantially saving effort and cost by minimizing duplication of processing and review effort
Presenting Evidentiary Information
Evidentiary Information Items Relating to Multiple Proceedings
- United States Patent No. US 9,524,478 –Titled “Evidentiary Information Items Relating to Multiple Proceedings" – Dated December 20, 2016
- Canadian Patent No. 2 774 662 – Titled “Evidentiary Information Items Relating to Multiple Proceedings" – Dated 26 September 2017
- Australian Patent No. 2016203349 B2 - Titled " Evidentiary Information Items Relating to Multiple Proceedings" - Dated 30 November 2017
Common Evidence Framework
In many cases, lawyers handle multiple related claims that share evidentiary materials, such as class actions or litigation subject to a Government Inquiry or Regulatory Review. These shared materials typically include both common objective information and case-specific data and analysis.
Traditional litigation support databases manage each related collection separately, leading to redundant efforts, higher costs and an increased risk of data errors and compromised analysis.
Delium’s Common Evidence Module is different. This patent protected functionality stores the objective information for all documents into a single common case database and stores the unique subjective analysis in separate Satellite case databases. This approach allows for all evidence to be collected, objectively processed and stored once, reducing cost, effort and the likelihood of error whilst enhancing analytical outcomes.
Delium Milestones
2025
Delium is utilised on its first Jury trial, with all evidence publication driven by members of the presenting legal teams. Delium's Record Activity feature was also utilised to signpost each examination in the Court record.
2020-2022
The legal teams in a large hybrid International Arbitration conducted over 50 witness examinations utilising Delium’s Counsels Notes functionality to publish evidence to hearing participants without needing a dedicated independent evidence presentation operator.
2016
Major European Inquiry providing integrated support for the Inquiry team and 16 independently represented organisations with full integration of public evidentiary views and secure integrated view of the private work product of each independently represented organisation in case preparation and evidence presentation.
2012
Eastman Proceedings First application of Common Evidence and party private editions of evidence in combination in a hearing room.
2009
Carter Holt Harvey –V- Rolls-Royce and Genesis Energy First entirely legal practitioner operated Technology Court, 158 days of uninterrupted hearings without operational support. Justice Cooper observes that the use of evidence presentation technology (Delium) accelerated the proceedings by “at least 50%, probably significantly more”
1997
Estate Mortgage civil proceedings
First Internet accessible evidence presentation “a better "Quality of Justice", by: increasing the capacity to better examine the full range of evidence, allowing more witnesses and more exhibits, in less time, and allowing more access to the courts.” ... “the Plaintiff's solicitors estimated saving of 30% to 40% in hearing time in first eighty days ($3,000,000.00 in legal costs)”.
The Hon. Justice Tim Smith Supreme Court of Victoria “The Estate Mortgage Court System” AIJA Technology for Justice Conference 23rd March 1998
1994
Kalajzich Inquiry World first paperless hearing. “The course of the hearing was greatly accelerated” … “I would estimate in the vicinity of 25 to 30 per cent with proportional cost savings” Justice John Slattery AO, QC, “The Kalajzich Inquiry: Harnessing Technology” (1994) 6(11) Judicial Officers Bulletin 81.
2024
Multilingual international arbitration utilises Deliums capacity to simultaneously present foreign language originals and their translations to support witnesses and legal team participants who do not speak the native language.
2019
Major International Arbitration addressing highly sensitive content applying common evidence sharing coupled with public and private views of evidence to meet the requirements of all participants.
2016
Granting of the patent “Evidentiary Information Items Relating to Multiple Proceedings” in the United States.
2011
Granting of the patent “Presenting Evidentiary Information” in the United States.
2005
Southern Equities (Bond) and Harris Scarf civil proceedings First application of independent practitioner driven evidence publication and party private editions of evidence. “I came to the system (Delium - System@Law Court) with some trepidation in my technologically impaired state”… “I soon found that the system had been developed to such a high standard of user-friendliness that its use did not detract from my concentration on the trial” … “the actual trial time saved by not moving, retrieving and returning paper is at least 25%.” … “it (Delium - Systematics Court) was a pleasure to use” … “I have since returned to the comparative frustration of conventional techniques of using hard copy documents and transcript” Justice David Bleby, “The First Electronic Trial, South Australian Supreme Court”, paper prepared at the request of the Historical Collections Librarian of the Supreme Court library.
1996
Police Royal Commission New South Wales police Royal Commission - first integration of public and private evidence perspectives.
1979
Systematics Incorporated as a specialist legal technology consultancy.
Why people love Delium
Case Studies
Special Issues Managing Historic Evidence
STUDY Book a Demonstration Managing decades-old evidence for 500 elderly plaintiffs was complex—Delium made it seamless. The Challenge A government legal agency was prosecuting related child abuse cases on behalf of 500 elderly plaintiffs. The evidence consisted of over 25,000 aged paper documents sourced from National Archives, many containing handwritten content. Each of the 500 […]
First Entirely Practitioner Driven Electronic Courtroom
STUDY Book a Demonstration In a complex multi-party litigation, legal practitioners controlled evidence publication themselves using Delium, streamlining proceedings and reducing costs significantly. The Challenge In a complex multi-party litigation, the Judge and counsel anticipated a lengthy hearing, initially estimated at 100 sitting days, with up to 3,000 documents required for court presentation. However, over […]
Court Admin Takes the Lead
STUDY Book a Demonstration A Seamless Six-Month Criminal Retrial with Delium For a six-month criminal retrial, court administration took full control of evidence management in Delium, ensuring seamless, efficient proceedings without external support. The Challenge A high-profile criminal case, involving an Inquest, Trial, Appeal, and Inquiry spanning from 1995 to 2012, was set for Retrial […]
BYOD and Common Evidence Deliver a Winning Combination
STUDY Book a Demonstration Delium seamlessly integrated pre-hearing analysis with live evidence presentation, automatically updating Exhibit Lists for the first time in a public inquiry. The Challenge A Public Inquiry was tasked with reviewing a government decision to close a juvenile mental health facility. The Inquiry had to collect, review, and analyse evidence submitted by […]
How Delium Transformed a Judge’s eTrial Experience
STUDY Book a Demonstration From Sceptic to Advocate A self-proclaimed technophobe Judge quickly embraced Delium’s intuitive eTrial system, taking control of evidence management and actively advocating for its efficiency. The Challenge A billion-dollar litigation involving thousands of documents and globally dispersed legal teams had been progressing for more than six years. With trial set to […]
How Delium Scaled Seamlessly for Remote, Sole Practitioner
STUDY Book a Demonstration From Small Case to Massive Litigation A sole practitioner in a remote community used Delium to manage an unexpectedly massive case, seamlessly scaling from 10,000 to over a million documents. The Challenge A boutique sole practitioner, working with limited technical resources in a remote community, took on what was initially considered […]
Firm-Wide Adoption: How Delium Became the Standard
STUDY Book a Demonstration Firm-Wide Adoption: How Delium Became the Standard for Litigation Management A 10-partner law firm standardised on Delium for all matters, improving efficiency, reducing costs and eliminating reliance on external consultants. The Challenge Key litigators at a 10-partner law firm recognised that modern legal practice required standardised eDiscovery tools and workflows. They […]
How Delium Cut Costs by 80%
STUDY Book a Demonstration Managing Multiple Matters Efficiently: How Delium Cut Costs by 80% Without Sacrificing Functionality A corporate entity facing multiple legal actions adopted Delium, reducing administrative costs by 80% while maintaining full flexibility across separate matters. The Challenge A corporate entity was simultaneously managing several civil litigations and a regulatory investigation. Although these […]
Delium’s Security Withstands Legal Scrutiny
STUDY Book a Demonstration High Stakes Property Settlement When a tech-savvy husband challenged Delium’s security in a divorce case, the court upheld its protections, ensuring secure, high-stakes litigation. The Challenge An experienced Delium client was representing a Wife in a complex property settlement and spousal maintenance dispute. A key issue in the case was determining […]