This is the eighth in a series of articles in which Christopher Hamel-Smith addresses some of the key legal issues arising out of the Y2K challenge. They were written in order to make a contribution to the Trinidad & Tobago business community’s efforts to prepare for the transition into the Year 2000 and to manage the associated risks. Forming part of a broader series on "Information Technology and the Law" by the same author, these articles were first published in the "Business Guardian" over the period June 10, 1999 to September 9, 1999.
We have already examined some of the reasons why responsible management will include contingency planning as an essential and integral part of their overall Y2K effort. One aspect of our contingency planning will involve preparing for the risk of Y2K-related disputes and litigation. This means doing the right things. But it also means being able to prove that we have done so by reference to contemporary documents.
