When I was in private practice, I acted for the Bloody Sunday Tribunal. The inquiry is chaired by Lord Saville of Newdigate (originally a Law Lord and now one of the Supreme Court Justices) and is likely to report next year, some 12 years after it was set up. Much has been written about the… Read More »
In his article for The Harvard Business Review Death by Information Overload Paul Hemp cites research that reveals not only how our personal wellbeing but also our productivity can be affected by the ever increasing volume of information available to us. Hemp claims that the sheer volume of information to be assimilated threatens our decision making and… Read More »
Visiting Peterborough last week to talk to a group of lawyers about Smart e-Discovery, I found myself walking past the magnificent ancient cathedral in the centre of this otherwise (some would say) unexceptional modern town. With an hour to kill before the presentation, I wandered into the cathedral .. [and those of you who don’t… Read More »
It came as news to me recently that the technology exists to search the spoken word in much the same way as e-discovery tools search the written word. Bearing in mind the wide definition of “document” for the purposes of disclosure, lawyers need to consider whether voicemails and recorded messages and other forms of the… Read More »