The High Court Amendment Rules 2025 raise the bar for how digital evidence is discovered and reviewed in New Zealand. Lawyers are now expected to take a more proactive, technology-assisted approach — focusing on proportionality, early identification of key issues, and cost efficiency. That’s where Reveal’s Ask feature makes a real difference. Beyond Keywords: Smarter …
High Court Amendment Rules 2025: What You Need to Know
From 1 January 2026, the High Court (Improved Access to Civil Justice) Amendment Rules will come into force, introducing some of the most significant reforms to New Zealand’s civil litigation process in decades. The changes are designed to make High Court proceedings more proportionate, efficient, and accessible, addressing long-standing concerns about cost, delay, and complexity. …
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Innovative eDiscovery Tools: The New Power Players in Corporate and Legal Worlds
Innovative eDiscovery Tools: The New Power Players in Corporate and Legal Worlds In a groundbreaking shift from traditional legal settings, eDiscovery tools are now making waves across various industries, heralding a new era of data analysis and risk management. Originally designed for sifting through vast amounts of electronically stored information (ESI) in legal disputes, these …
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Simplified 5-Step Guide to Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Protocols
Understand What Matters: Start by figuring out which digital evidence is important for your case. This means knowing what types of documents, messages, and data could be useful in court. Think about everything from emails to app messages and beyond. Keep Everything Safe: Make sure all the digital evidence you need is kept safe and …
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The benefit of using graphical analysis tools when conducting document reviews
When conducting document reviews, it's easy to get bogged down in the details and lose sight of the big picture. This is where graphical analysis, such as cluster wheels, can be an incredibly useful tool. In this article, we'll explore the benefits of using graphical analysis when conducting document reviews. Cluster wheels are a type …
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Document Analysis Review Tool (DART)
Incident Response Solutions is a specialist forensic technology firm, delivering Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) services. We have expanded our suite of review EDRM tools to include Reveal, a leading cloud based artificial intelligence resource. IRS has also created its own ‘Document Analysis Review Tool’ (DART), leveraging the Reveal cloud hosted platform to assist lawyers in the efficient review of documents. Examples of where our clients …
How digital forensics is used to solve theft of intellectual property cases
Digital forensics is a specialised field that involves the collection, analysis, and preservation of digital evidence to investigate and solve various types of crimes, including theft of intellectual property cases. Intellectual property (IP) refers to intangible assets, such as trade secrets, copyrights, patents, and trademarks, that are valuable to individuals and organisations. Digital forensics can …
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Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) – Presentation
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) is a widely used framework for managing the discovery of electronic data in legal proceedings. The final stage of the EDRM involves presenting relevant data to the relevant parties, such as the court or opposing counsel. The presentation stage is critical as it involves presenting the relevant data in …
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Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) – Production
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) is a widely recognised framework for managing electronic discovery (e-discovery) processes in legal proceedings. The stage of production in the EDRM refers to the process of creating and sharing relevant electronic documents with the opposing party. The production stage begins after the collection and processing of electronic data, which …
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Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) – Analysis
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) is a widely recognised framework for managing electronic discovery (eDiscovery) in legal proceedings. The EDRM consists of various stages that represent the stages of the eDiscovery process. The "Analysis" stage is the stage of the EDRM where data is analysed for relevance to the legal matter at hand. Once …
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