High Court bids to minimise delay in bitter costs dispute between solicitors
A High Court master has rejected an application from a Leicestershire solicitor for trial of a preliminary issue in a costs claim involving another law firm, citing the “high degree of personal animosity between the parties”. The claim for unpaid agency fees had already resulted in two appeals at the SCCO.
Jackson urges move away from standard directions to take control of disclosure
Practitioners need to think twice before agreeing standard disclosure and judges to be more proactive to steer them away from it, Lord Justice Jackson said last week. He urged lawyers to look beyond the profitability that may come from standard disclosure.
E-disclosure first for LLM students
LLM students at the school of law at Queen Mary University of London will next month become the first in the UK to be part of a new academic course in e-disclosure. Teaching will be delivered by leading lawyers and practitioners, and students will undergo hands-on training using KCura’s e-disclosure software, Relativity.
High Court: cost savings of predictive coding “extremely significant”
The High Court has described the cost savings that can be achieved by using predictive coding for disclosure rather than a standard keyword search as “extremely significant”. Mr Registrar Jones was giving the first reported ruling on a contested application for predictive coding.
City firm wins first contested application for use of predictive coding
City law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has won what it believes to be the first contested application to use predictive coding as part of a substantial document review exercise. It follows Master Matthews allowing its use in England and Wales for the first time earlier this year.
High Court approves use of predictive coding
The High Court has approved the use of predictive coding in e-disclosure, for what is believed to be the first time in this jurisdiction. Master Matthews was ruling on a case involving 3.1m documents.
Statements made in open offer do not constitute admissions, High Court rules
A party cannot use part of an open offer made during litigation as an admission by their opponent, the High Court has ruled. Mr Justice Coulson said that to allow this would be contrary to the policy of courts encouraging parties to make offers.
Predictive coding technology validated in landmark ruling
This past month Ireland has given me cause for celebration due to the decision in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Ltd & ors v Quinn & ors [2015] IEHC 175, which sanctioned the use of predictive coding technology in the disclosure process.
