Author: Tristan Jenkinson

Bellingcat Challenge – Week 3 Writeup

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. The “Urban Exploration” series finished on Friday. If you haven’t already been playing along (and why not?!) you can join in at challenge.bellingcat.com, and you should probably … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – Week 3 Writeup →

Bellingcat Challenge – Week 2 Writeup

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. Last week, the “Bellingcat Globetrotter” series focused on geolocation challenges, this week the “Maritime Mysteries” series is focused on sea, ships, and similar. Knowing that Rae Baker … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – Week 2 Writeup →

Bellingcat Challenge – Week 1 Writeup

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This week was the start of what promises to be a month of challenges from Bellingcat. Based on their posts across social media (e.g. https://bsky.app/profile/bellingcat.com/post/3lccsanaews2l), for five days a week each week in December, they are setting a new open source problem to be solved. You can solve them to … Continue reading Bellingcat Challenge – Week 1 Writeup →

Generative AI and eDiscovery – Adoption in the Courts – Part 2

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In part one of this series, I discussed a section within Practice Direction 57AD which could potentially be used to allow for the use of Generative AI for the conduct of disclosure, assuming that the relevant workflow can be demonstrated to be reliable, efficient and cost-effective. I also discussed each … Continue reading Generative AI and eDiscovery – Adoption in the Courts – Part 2 →

Generative AI and eDiscovery – Adoption in the Courts – Part 1

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction At the recent Legal 500 Commercial Litigation Conference in London, one of the panels focused on the question “Do the existing Practice Directions support the adoption of Generative AI?” I wanted to provide a few thoughts of my own on the topic, as there is far more to be discussed … Continue reading Generative AI and eDiscovery – Adoption in the Courts – Part 1 →

eDiscovery Risks – Sending Documents for Disclosure via Email

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction All eDiscovery project managers have been there – a last minute request comes in over email for additional documents to be included in production, with the additional documents attached. Unfortunately, this does not seem to be a particularly uncommon occurrence. Sending documents which are expected to be disclosed to an … Continue reading eDiscovery Risks – Sending Documents for Disclosure via Email →

Legal Data Intelligence – Initial Thoughts

By Tristan Jenkinson Introduction Since it debuted at the CLOC Global Institute earlier this month, there has been a lot of talk about the new Legal Data Intelligence framework, and rightly so. The new framework has been envisaged as a new approach to provide “a vocabulary, framework, and best practices to manage legal data”. You … Continue reading Legal Data Intelligence – Initial Thoughts →

COPA v Wright – The Judgment of Justice Mellor

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction As mentioned in my last article, regardless of the astonishing statement made in court by Justice Mellor, we have been awaiting the full written judgment. The judgment came out today, a detailed document over 230 pages… and an appendix running to a further 150 pages. Having said at the end … Continue reading COPA v Wright – The Judgment of Justice Mellor →

COPA v Wright – The Trial with an Explosive End

By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction It has unfortunately taken me far too long to write this post, and it is not quite the post I was hoping to put together. I have pages and pages of notes that I wanted to include, but much will have to wait for another article. With Judge Mellor’s judgment … Continue reading COPA v Wright – The Trial with an Explosive End →