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 The offer, which was open to the first 10 law firms who applied, was oversubscribed and was withdrawn well before the deadline for applications expired.
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The judgment in Gavin Goodale & Others v The Ministry of Justice & Others was delivered by the Senior Master, Master Whitaker, in November last year and is now available on BAILII [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2009/B41.html]
Master Whitaker is well known as an advocate of proportionate e-disclosure in appropriate cases and also as a judge experienced in dealing with Group Litigation orders as in this case involving the Opiate Dependent Prisoners Litigation.
What makes this judgment of particular interest to those involved in the whole area of electronic disclosure is the fact that the Master saw fit to include in his judgement the ESI questionnaire which the Rule Committee decided recently to refer to another subcommittee.
Continue reading ‘The cat’s out of the bag’
Chris Dale begins his report Millnet offer £10,000 of e-Discovery services for free with Virgil’s phrase, “Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes” which is commonly, if loosely, translated as “beware of Greeks bearing gifts.”
If you have been abreast of recent economic developments, you will know that the Greeks are unlikely to be bearing any gifts for anyone just now. The poor things have been led by the nose ever since entry into the euro into believing that their Government can go on spending money without any idea how they are going to pay it back. We in this country should on no account be smug as our Government has been the most profligate ever and has racked up debts which will keep us all in hock for years to come.
Continue reading ‘Why look a gift horse in the mouth?’