Obtaining Evidence in Another Jurisdiction in Business Disputes, edited by Charles Platto. Published by Graham and Trotman Ltd., UK, (1988, x and 189 pp., incl. Contents, Preface and Appendices). Hardback . £45 (UK). The need to obtain evidence in another jurisdiction can present lawyers with a complex and confusing task. Unaware of the stark differences in procedure existing in other countries, they, and consequently their clients, are frequently surprised at the time and expense involved in such an exercise. Both are often disappointed with the results they ultimately obtain. Efforts to attain international uniformity in this area (most notably, the 1970 Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters) are yet to receive universal acceptance. Practice and procedure continues to vary markedly from country to country. In 1987, a series of papers on this subject was prepared for the London Conference of the IBA Section on Business Law. The results, involving papers prepared by practitioners in the US, Latin America, the Pacific, Far East and Europe (why not Switzerland?), are reproduced in this book. Their publication will go a long way in clarifying a difficult subject, upon which surprisingly little has to date been written. The papers themselves provide a guide …