The Courts Who Cried Woolf – A History of Electronic Disclosure (Part Two)

By: Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In this series I am looking at the history and development of electronic disclosure in the courts of England and Wales. In part one (which you can read here) I discussed the purpose of disclosure, the Rules of the Supreme Court (RSC) and the Peruvian Guano case. In part two, … Continue reading The Courts Who Cried Woolf – A History of Electronic Disclosure (Part Two)

A Time of Discovery – A History of Electronic Disclosure (Part One)

By: Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction I was recently reading up on some specifics on the history of disclosure in England and Wales, and thought that it would be interesting to expand on that and put together an article on the history and development of electronic disclosure. I soon discovered that there was far more than … Continue reading A Time of Discovery – A History of Electronic Disclosure (Part One)

Potential Drawbacks of Non-Native Disclosure

By: Tristan Jenkinson Introduction Having missed the recent ACEDS webinar on Forms of Production, I caught up this week thanks to a post over on Doug Austin’s eDiscovery Today Blog (which you can find here). The webinar contains many pearls of wisdom from Doug, Tom O’Connor, Director of Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center and Mike … Continue reading Potential Drawbacks of Non-Native Disclosure

Updates and a Case Law Strike Out

By: Tristan Jenkinson Apologies I haven’t posted much recently, for which I apologise. I’m hoping get back to posting regularly now. eDiscovery Today For those who haven’t seen, Doug Austin has started a new blog – eDiscovery Today. Doug (in something of a contrast to the eDiscovery Channel) posts daily on matters relating to eDiscovery, … Continue reading Updates and a Case Law Strike Out

A Judgement on Search Orders

By: Tristan Jenkinson “The essential purpose of a search order is not to provide early disclosure, but rather to preserve documents necessary for the proper conduct of litigation before these courts” An important judgement was made last week relating to search orders. The judgement covers a number of legal points, but in particular highlights that … Continue reading A Judgement on Search Orders