The review of key documents is an integral step in the discovery
and preparatory stages of litigation. This task has become
increasingly costly and more time consuming for clients given the
increased volume of data generated by electronic communication and
online business practices. However, technology assisted review
tools in the area of electronic discovery such as predictive
coding, have been championed in other jurisdictions for
significantly accelerating the process and reducing costs.
There are initial signs that the technology is gaining traction in
Ireland with Counsel for IBRC in its action against Quinn Insurance
Limited and others, requesting the Court's permission to
use "technology assisted discovery" to analyse
the relevance of 1.75 million documents. The Court has allotted a
two day hearing, to commence on 16 October 2014, to determine
whether technology assisted review should be permitted and if so,
whether all parties should be allowed to have an
