Not another £10k e-discovery offer!

In a shock announcement today, leading litigation support provider Millnet has announced that it is NOT going to make another offer of £10k worth of free e-discovery services but instead has introduced what it describes as “a lasting cure for e-discovery paralysis”.

Earlier this year, Millnet surprised the market by offering up to £10k worth of free e-discovery services. The offer, which was open to the first 10 law firms who applied, was oversubscribed and was withdrawn well before the deadline for applications expired.

Managing Director James Moeskops said: “We were delighted by the response to our offer earlier this year. It became clear to us that there was a substantial body of litigation which was, in effect, paralysed. Lawyers and their clients were unable to find their way through the problems inherent in any e-discovery exercise, and were inhibited from proceeding because of the perceived costs involved. This was especially true in cases where there was not a lot of money at issue but there were lots of documents to review. We were delighted to be able to help a number of both new and existing clients to resolve these issues, including a charity and a company in Chapter 11.”

Pressed further after today’s announcement,  James added:

“We are committed to helping lawyers and their clients work their way through the litigation process to ensure that any perceived barriers to dealing with e-discovery are minimised or removed altogether. With that in mind, we are today offering to anyone with issues about e-discovery to meet with one of our experienced teams, at no cost, to undertake a rigorous process of enquiry as to how the case can be moved on. We are calling this “Paralysis Analysis”.

Every client who instructs us can expect to receive:

• Analysis of the size and nature of the e-discovery task 
• Recommendations on the way forward
• Clear guidance on cost

We know there are a large number of cases where the process is, in effect, paralysed and we want to help. We believe that our Paralysis Analysis is the right approach for our clients”.