Case study
FRP’s Forensic Technology team was instructed to assist on a large-scale litigation matter in the construction industry. Collaborating closely with a client’s IT team, a fully remote collection plan was implemented which included the imaging of laptops and mobile phones, along with the extraction of data from cloud hosted platforms and proprietary in-house systems in the UK and Morocco. In total 2.3TB of data was collected from thirty- five custodians. To assist with building an early understanding of the data universe we carried out rolling deliveries of data to Relativity, and the legal team conducted an initial targeted review based on keyword searches to gain a better understanding of the issues at play. Due to the volume of data loaded to Relativity and the guidelines within Practise Direction 57AD, we deployed Continuous Active Learning (CAL) that was utilised to ensure that the document review exercise completed in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
Adrian Coates Director Forensic Services London City +44 (0)7709 713 214 adrian.coates@frpadvisory.com
2022: My year in review
This year the Forensic Technology team transitioned our Relativity eDiscovery offering from an on-premises server environment, to RelativityOne, an Azure cloud-hosted SaaS offering. This involved the migration and archiving of some 40TB of data with a total file count approaching 100 million. This was achieved without any disruption to service across 120 distinct projects. We continued to support our colleagues across multiple offices and pillars with all large data processing and analytics requests, along with computer forensic investigations. We also continue to provide eDiscovery services to external law firms and the team at Eight Advisory. Notable assignments
2023: Predictions for the year ahead Adrian expects to see greater consideration given to the investigation of back-channel communications.
Providing consultancy and eDiscovery services to a law firm representing a large vehicle manufacturer in a £30 million claim against a number of entities in the logistics arena. The clear and early understanding of the client’s data landscape enabled the law firm client to achieve a favourable settlement
Provided eDiscovery support to a client involved in a £100 million dispute over the valuation of a joint venture. This project relied heavily on the use of AI to review a document population of 4.2 million Supported FRP’s Contentious Insolvency team on a significant claim against former directors of a company which involved analysing some 4TB of data
“In 2023 I predict the continued increase in the volume of data which needs considering, which will drive the adoption of AI based solutions to assist with making an informed decision across very significant data sets.
I also expect following recent judgements in the US, greater consideration given to the
investigation of potential back-channel communications such as WhatsApp on mobile devices, which are not typically known to the business.”
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