Evidence which has been configured for automatic acceptance is not displayed on the incoming evidence list as it does not have to be manually accepted or rejected by the user. However, if the system experiences any problems during the broadcasting of this evidence, it will be left on the Incoming Evidence list and the case owner is notified of the failure to automatically accept the evidence. For example, the evidence broker does not allow two evidence records of the same type, relating to the same participant with the same effective date be accepted onto a target case. During the processing of shared evidence configured for automatic acceptance, if this validation fails, the case owner will be notified and the evidence will be displayed on the incoming evidence list.