Sedona Canada Principle number 11 reads as follows: "Sanctions should be considered by the court where a party will be materially prejudiced by another party's failure to meet any obligation to preserve, collect, review or produce electronically stored information. The party in default may avoid sanctions if it demonstrates the failure was not intentional or reckless."
No barrister enjoys having to stand up in court and say, in effect, "Your Honour, my client screwed up: the data is gone."
It is much more effective to be able to say instead, "Your Honour, the information sought by Plaintiff's counsel for the dates in question no longer exists, pursuant to my client's standard policy for document retention and conservation, which it adopted four years ago in keeping with industry best practices."
Are all your clients aware of their obligations to preserve potentially relevant electronic information "as soon as litigation is reasonably anticipated"? Do you know, or will you be able to find out, all the places where that information is generated, where it travels, and where it is stored, and in how many different formats?
The professional team at eDiscovery Solutions offers you dozens of person-years of direct, on-point experience in litigation support, document management, and electronic document handling. Whatever your situation or whatever your client's problem, chances are excellent that we have seen it before. (For example, we were recently able to assist a solicitor who inquired about a marital dispute matter.)
Take advantage of our experience, and put our knowledge and skills to work for you and your clients. We are only a phone call away!
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