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EDISCOVERY PROCESSING · A GUIDE FOR UK LAWYERS What Happens During e Discovery Processing? The Black Box Between Collection and Review, Opened for Lawyers COMPUTER FORENSICS LAB

§ ABOUT THE AUTHOR PREPARED BY COMPUTER FORENSICS LAB E-DISCOVERY TEAM ESTABLISHED 2007 · LONDON ISO 17025-ALIGNED PROCEDURES EDRM PROCESSING PRACTICE EXCEPTION & RECONCILIATION REPORTING CPR PART 35 EXPERT REPORT S FULL CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY DOCUMENTATION

§ CONTENTS In this guide 01 Executive summary 02 The problem in plain English: the stage nobody watches 03 The pipeline: from collected data to reviewable documents 04 The decisions that matter: exceptions, de NISTing and filters 05 Reconciliation: making the numbers add up 06 Special formats: mobile data, chat, cloud exports and structured sources 07 Processing disputes: challenging and defending the counts 08 Source architecture: where else the evidence lives 09 Worked examples 10 Common mistakes and technical limitations 11 Questions to ask · Suggested wording 12 Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic expert 13 Frequently asked questions 14 Glossary · References · Disclaimer · How a specialist laboratory can assist

§ 01 · ORIENTATION Executive summary THE HEADLINE POINT: PROCESSINGTURNSDATAINTODOCUMENTSTHROUGHRECORDED DECISIONS: THERECORDISWHATMAKESYOURDISCLOSUREDEFENSIBLE

§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES The problem in plain English: the stage nobody watches

§ 03 · THEPIPELINE The pipeline: from collected data to reviewable documents