The jurisprudence of e-discovery hit another milestone on Feb. 16. That was when a British court joined courts in the United States and Ireland in approving the use of technology-assisted review (TAR) in litigation.

The High Court of Justice Chancery Division decision by Master Matthews in Pyrrho Investments v. MWB Property is significant for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it represents a sort of legal role reversal where we Americans—who borrowed most of our legal system from the English—ended up providing the precedent in this one (even if it is a non-binding precedent).

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