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Technology assisted document review (TAR) has been ordered for the first time in Australia by the Victorian Supreme Court. Given the large number of documents being created every day and the need to deal with cases at proportionate cost, it was inevitable that Australian courts would follow the US, UK and Irish courts by endorsing TAR in appropriate cases.
The recent judgment in McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Santam Ltd & Ors (No 1) [2016] VSC 734 (McConnell Dowell case) ordering parties to employ TAR means potentially altering the discovery process and lowering litigation costs arising from document review in large document cases if in the future TAR is more readily permitted in litigation.
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