Advanced Litigation Support & Document Imaging

by Mital, V.; Allison, R. G.; Cameron, N.; Deets, P.; Eyres, Patricia S.; Field, H.

• ISBN13: 9789041101136
• ISBN10: 9041101136
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-06-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Law Intl

Summary

When a case involves 50,000 or 100,000 documents it is very difficult to manage the paper and produce necessary lists using entirely manual methods. Computerisation is the answer. Once the information about the documents is held in a computer database, a team of lawyers can search for incriminating patterns, locate a letter that contradicts direct testimony previous given, find the smoking gun. So runs a powerful argument in favour of computerised litigation systems. But few British firms have fifty-thousand-document cases, and even fewer have a smoking gun waiting to be discovered. The fact that so many firms are going ahead with pilots or operational systems perhaps indicates more of a desire to be seen to be abreast of technology, rather than the calculated expectation of direct return. The 17 chapters of Advanced Litigation Support & Document Imaging deals with the implications of litigation systems, analyzing the support factors, financial factors, document imaging, workflow and case management applications.

Table of Contents

Litigation Systems as Office Technology	1	(8)
V Mital
Document Image Processing	9	(6)
R G Allison
The Litigator's Perspective on Being Supported	15	(6)
Thomas J. Heiden
Computers in Support of Litigation	21	(4)
Richard Susskind
The Application of EIM/OCR Technology to Litigation Case Management	25	(10)
Phyllis V. Deets
Applying Imaging: A Survey of the U.S. Law Office Scene	35	(18)
Joseph M. Howie, Jr.
The Document Worker and Productivity	53	(14)
Graham Pearson
Understanding the Detailed Economics of Imaging	67	(12)
John B. Massopust
Managing the Firm's KnowHow	79	(14)
Peter Illion
Design and Implementation of Litigation Support Centre in the Law Office	93	(34)
Patricia S. Eyres
Document Image Processing The First Step ... and Beyond	127	(10)
Jimmy Mackintosh
Successful Investment in Litigation Systems	137	(6)
Clive Thorne
Setting Up An In-House Capability	143	(6)
Howard Field
Workflow and Case Management Applications	149	(10)
Neil Cameron
Support for the Collaborative Working of the Litigation Team	159	(6)
Morag Macdonald
Litigation Support for Construction Cases	165	(14)
Michele C. Gowen
Data Processing in Financial Investigation and Litigation Support	179	(32)
Maurice E F Fitzmaurice
Contributors	211