From 25 April 2017, the use of electronic filing has been
compulsory in the Chancery Division of the High Court, the
Commercial Court, the Financial List, the Technology and
Construction Court and the Admiralty, Mercantile, Patents,
Intellectual Property Enterprise, Bankruptcy and Companies
Courts.
Although key documents in most court proceedings are already
public, having the documents available online may mean that they
are in practice more readily accessible by interested parties and
journalists. Courts are beginning to recognise the valuable role
that technology can play in the litigation process. In Pyrrho
Investments v MWB Property [2016] EWHC 256 (Ch), the Chancery
Division approved the use of "predictive coding" in an
e-disclosure exercise. In Brown v BCA [2016] EWHC 1464 (Ch), the
Court also approved "technology assisted review". This
meant that, rather than having numerous lawyers read many millions
of documents, a few lawyers could review a small
