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Lessons from Applied Discovery Proportionality panel in Toronto
It sounds a bit flippant to say that I went to Toronto for breakfast. It certainly would not do as an answer to the immigration official asking the purpose of my visit. Readers with long memories may...
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Berezovsky v Abramovich – refusal of enhanced disclosure order in the...
A decision about edisclosure made in the Commercial Court by Mrs Justice Gloster DBE in August has recently been published on BAILII. The case is Berezovsky v Abramovich , the pleaded sum at stake...
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International discovery, sanctions, ethics and US-UK comparisons at Georgetown
I was, I think, the only UK speaker (or, indeed, delegate) at the Georgetown Advanced e-Discovery Institute. If the primary reason for going was to talk about US-EU differences, there was progress made...
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Big cases coming for big firms – but what about more ordinary litigation?
An article in the Lawyer of 3 January is headed Top firms gear up for action as litigation tsunami hits UK . Perhaps the most interesting point made in it concerns the cost of arbitration with the...
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Lord Justice Jackson fights for his costs reforms
An article published yesterday in the Solicitors Journal is headed Jackson LJ demands his reforms are implemented in full. It draws attention to a letter from Lord Justice Jackson, the author of last...
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UK and US EDisclosure / EDiscovery and Compliance Commonality at IQPC London
There was something for everyone at the IQPC Document Retention and EDisclosure Management Summit in London this week. The Bribery Act gave added incentive for those responsible for information...
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IQPC Munich eDiscovery themes recur around the world
I was not sorry when my plane’s wheels touched down at Heathrow on my return from IQPC’s Information Retention and eDiscovery Exchange in Munich on Wednesday night, bringing to an end 28,000 miles of...
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Costs Management moves closer in England and Wales
I have already drawn attention to an article by His Honour Judge Simon Brown QC in the New Law Journal called Costs management & docketed judges: are you ready for the big bang next year? which...
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IQPC Washington Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange
My next trip to Washington DC (I am there as I write, at ILTA) is for IQPC’s Information Governance and eDiscovery Strategy Exchange which runs from 19 to 21 September at the Marriot Fairview Park....
View ArticleSteven Whitaker, former QBD Senior Master, talks about technology-assisted...
When Steven Whitaker was Senior Master in the Queen’s Bench Division, he was responsible for Practice Direction 31B and the Electronic Documents Questionnaire, and for the decision in Goodale v...
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