eDiscovery, called e-disclosure in the English courts and sometimes electronic data discovery, is the process of identifying, preserving, collecting, processing, reviewing and producing electronic documents for litigation, arbitration or an investigation. These guides explain each stage in plain English and show how it is run under CPR Practice Direction 57AD.
Use them to scope a disclosure exercise, brief a client on cost and timing, choose between keyword searching and technology assisted review, work out how Microsoft 365 and mobile data fit in, and understand what a defensible production looks like when the other side or the court tests it.