Report & Recommendations of the Commercial Court Long Trials Working Party


December 2007, Judiciary of England and Wales


Extract from use of technology section:


Heavy and complex cases (HCCs) produce heavy and complex disclosure and, all too frequently, heavy and complex trial bundles, many of which are not referred to at the trial at all. The Long Trials Working Party (WP) concluded that the use of IT, properly set up, can make the conduct of HCCs more efficient and can reduce the length of trials. However, whilst there are practice directions and a section in the Guide requiring the parties to co-operate in the early stages of proceedings on the production and inspection of electronic documents, there is no specific Rule or guidance on the use of IT at a trial. The extent to which IT is used at trials has until now generally been the result of agreement between the parties and the court, rather than a court’s direction.


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Report and Recommendations of the Commercial Court Long Trials Working Party