§ 01
CMC inputs
Sampled hit reports, source assessments, cull forecasts and cost estimates for the CMC and DRD.
§ Court · Disclosure support
Court disclosure support, CMC to trial.
Technical and evidential support for UK litigation: case management inputs, PD 57AD disclosure, trial-ready productions, hot-tub reference material and expert evidence on process where the disclosure itself is tested.
- Courts
- B&PC · TCC · Comm
- Standard
- PD 57AD
- Expert format
- CPR Part 35
- Trial cadence
- Rolling supported
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Plate · Court§ 01 · Audience
Who this page is for.
Litigation teams preparing for trial or a substantive hearing where the disclosure exercise itself may come under scrutiny.
- Trial counsel
Preparing cross-examination on disclosed material and technical exhibits.
- Solicitors' team
Running the disclosure workflow and the trial bundle.
- In-house counsel
Coordinating panel firm, provider and internal stakeholders through trial.
- Regulators & inquiries
Needing an independent view on process during hearings.
§ 02 · The problem
Where trial-facing disclosure fails.
The failures are recognisable to any senior litigator.
Risk
The CMC ran on speculative numbers
Search-term and volume estimates given to the court were not sampled. Six months in, the review population is twice what was represented, and the timetable slips.
Risk
The trial bundle disclosure is inconsistent
Documents referenced in witness statements aren't in the production, or the bates ranges don't match. Both invite cross-examination on process.
Risk
The disclosure is challenged at trial
The other side raises specific issues about collection scope or methodology. Without documentation, the exercise cannot be defended in the moment.
Risk
Rolling disclosure loses version control
Multiple tranches, multiple productions, no single source of truth. By trial, nobody is quite sure what has been produced when.
§ 03 · Scope
What court disclosure support covers.
The technical and evidential workstream that runs alongside counsel.
§ 02
Disclosure workflow
Collection, processing, hosted review, QC and production against the court's directions.
§ 03
Rolling production
Version-controlled tranches on the agreed cadence, referenced to the trial timeline.
§ 04
Trial bundle support
Production sets cross-referenced by bates range, technical exhibits, timelines and communications maps.
§ 05
Hot-tub reference material
Joint statements, technical briefs and reference packs for concurrent expert evidence.
§ 06
Expert evidence on process
CPR Part 35 report from the supervising practitioner where the disclosure exercise is itself in issue.
§ 04 · Why e‑discovery.uk
Why counsel bring us in early.
Because disclosure defended at trial is disclosure that was documented from day one.
Forensic-led collection
Every acquisition hash-verified and documented.
PD 57AD-fluent workflow
DRD, disclosure models and standard directions are second nature.
Two-layer privilege QC
Coding checked before production, not after challenge.
Trial-cadence delivery
Rolling productions accelerated in the run-up to trial.
Expert evidence capability
CPR Part 35 reports from the practitioner who supervised the work.
Independent status
Neutral evidence handling; will give evidence on process if required.
§ 05 · Typical matters
Typical instructions.
Trial-facing work across the specialist lists.
- ▸Commercial and B&PC trials with heavy electronic disclosure
- ▸TCC construction and infrastructure trials
- ▸Fraud trials with reconstructed communications
- ▸Group litigation with rolling productions through trial
- ▸Public inquiries with concurrent hearings
- ▸Judicial review with disclosed background material
- ▸Employment tribunal cases with volume disclosure
- ▸International arbitration hearings with UK-seated disclosure
§ 06 · Deliverables
Trial-ready outputs.
Everything counsel needs cross-referenced and defensible.
- Sampled CMC pack
Hit reports, source assessments and forecasts for the case management conference.
- Production tranches
Version-controlled rolling productions, timeline-referenced.
- Trial bundle exhibits
Cross-referenced technical exhibits with bates range indexing.
- Timelines & maps
Communications and event reconstructions for use at trial.
- Expert report
CPR Part 35 report on process where the disclosure is tested.
- Post-trial pack
Complete audit trail retained per direction, with destruction certificate on close.
§ 07 · Frequently asked
Answers to the questions counsel ask most.
- What does 'court disclosure support' actually cover?
- The end-to-end technical and evidential support a UK litigation team needs from case management through trial: DRD input, forensic collection, processing, hosted review, production, trial bundle preparation and - where called on - expert evidence on how the disclosure was done.
- How do you assist with the CMC and case management?
- We prepare the technical inputs counsel needs at the CMC: sampled search-term hit reports, source assessments, cull forecasts, review-population estimates and cost forecasts. This lets counsel put realistic numbers to the court rather than speculative ones.
- Can you support hot-tub expert evidence?
- Yes. Where the court directs concurrent expert evidence on technical or eDiscovery matters, our supervising practitioner can prepare joint statements, respond to opposing expert reports and give evidence in the hot-tub format.
- How do you handle trial bundle preparation?
- We produce the technical exhibits and reference materials that trial bundles depend on - production sets cross-referenced by bates range, timelines, communications maps and any technical exhibits the court has directed. Where the trial bundle is electronic, we can work directly in the platform the court has stipulated.
- What if the other side challenges our disclosure at trial?
- Because collection, processing and production are documented at each step, we can produce witness evidence and a CPR Part 35 expert report on the disclosure exercise itself. This is the point at which the forensic discipline described elsewhere on the site pays off.
- Do you support rolling or continuous disclosure through trial?
- Yes. For long-running matters we operate rolling productions on an agreed cadence and can accelerate the cadence in the run-up to trial. Each tranche is version-controlled against the court's timeline.
- Can you assist counsel in cross-examination preparation?
- Yes. We prepare reference packs, communication timelines and technical briefs that help counsel prepare cross-examination on disclosed material. Where the material is technical, we can provide a briefing to counsel or to leading and junior counsel jointly.
- How do you handle post-trial retention and destruction?
- On matter close we return the working set, production set and audit pack, and destroy hosted copies to an agreed schedule with a signed certificate. Long-term archival is available where a retention obligation applies.
Instruct the practice
Bring us in early.
Defensibility is built, not retrofitted.
Whether you are responding to a regulator, preparing for disclosure, or scoping an internal investigation, start the chain of custody with a short, confidential conversation.