What is Video Deposition?

Whenever, one thinks about a video communication, one always limits one’s thinking till the business purpose or even for pleasure purpose. But, recently its usage has extended till the court. Video Deposition indeed now does play an important role in court jurisdiction. The lawyer or the attorney makes video of the witness’s statement and then presents it to the court.

This is a good advantage for those especially who are not able to come to the court to give a statement and also for those who are incarcerated at the time. Video depositions definitely has certain advantages and hence is now being hugely preferred in the court. It also allows people from other cities to give witness for the case.

There are many instances where the alibi has refused to give a statement in front of the court fearing that he or she will get identified. Here, in such cases video Depositions can play a vital role. Here a witness can make pleas to the court as well as the witness’s identity can be hidden through the use of technology while shooting the video. In short their faces are obscured. Thus, we can say that with the facility of Video Deposition it has been a great help to all of us. It has brought an entirely new level of security and convenience to the trials at the court.

There is no doubt that in the coming future the usage of Video Deposition will increase and will continue to make major impact on the court trials. To make the video a successful one, one has to follow certain steps and take care of certain things. The details of this are easily available in books and even in the internet.