Phone Location Data in Criminal Cases 2025

This webinar will educate legal professionals on how phones determine location using GPS and other data and will discuss the upcoming 3G network closure.

Topics will include:

• An exploration of the limitations of phone location data, along with potential issues in criminal cases
• An overview of how the Police use timing advance to place phones in specific locations and key points to consider when the 3G network shuts down.

Learning objectives

By attending this webinar you will:

• Gain an overview of how cell phones determine location and the limitations of the phone data.
• Better understand the implications of the 3G shutdown on polling data evidence.

Who should attend

Criminal and civil litigators and family lawyers.

Book

A PDF book is included in the webinar fee and will be emailed to you along with your ticket, one week before the webinar.

Format

Held online, you will be emailed a link to join the webinar one week before. For information on what is required to participate in the webinar, click here. PowerPoint slides will be emailed out after 3pm the day before the webinar.

Fee (Incl GST)

Law Society Members benefit from up to 30% off
Webinar

• $115 – Law Society members & associate members
• $165 – Non-members
• 2+1 registrations - more info (must be arranged at time of booking)
• For group pricing options please contact us

Do you want to register more than one person for this course? Use the 'register others' button below or Click here

Time

• Webinar 11.00am - 12.00pm, Thursday 31 July 2025

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Presenter

Dr A Sathyendran Principal Consultant, NZ Mobile Forensics Ltd, Auckland Sathy is an independent telecommunication specialist with over two decades of experience in cell phone technologies, policy and regulation. He has a PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (The University of Auckland), specialising in wireless technologies and cellular signal propagation. Sathy has significant experience in working on court cases and Commerce Commission investigations. At Vodafone he worked with in-house and external legal teams, providing expert technical analysis and advice across a range of legal issues. As an independent consultant, Sathy has used mobile call and location analysis to corroborate or disprove evidence for both criminal and civil cases.

CPD

Attendance at the live webinar

• If you attended the live webinar, you will receive an electronic certificate of attendance as verification for your CPD records.
• You can view and hear the presentation again, as many times as you wish in your own time for no additional cost.

Registration but non-attendance on the day

• Under the CPD Scheme only those who attend a live webinar are eligible to claim CPD hours.
• If you registered but were unable to attend on the day, you can view and hear the archived recording of the presentation.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

You may cancel your registration eight working days in advance of an event, and you will receive a refund less a 25% administration fee. If you cancel less than eight working days in advance of the event, no refund is payable. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your registration to another person. If you wish to do so you must advise CLE New Zealand Law Society in writing of the change. CLE reserves the right to close registrations, and cancel or reschedule an event as necessary. Where an event is cancelled by CLE, a full refund is payable.