In today’s electronic world, where filing cabinets of information can be copied onto a device small enough to swallow, litigators are increasingly turning to forensic investigators to help identify the data that could make or break their case. This is creating a growing industry, from specialist teams within the big four accountancy giants, to individual consultants. But with so much at stake, how can litigators choose which company to instruct? David Greene, president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association and head of litigation at London firm Edwin Coe, says: ‘We are following the US’s lead in bringing in forensic computer and accounting specialists at a much earlier stage, because of pre-action requirements to set out damages. ‘However, while we are litigators, we are also problem-solvers and, as part of that role, we will pull in forensics where a company is worried that they may have breached restrictions on anti-competitive practice. We need them to find out the extent of the problem as quickly as possible, so if the company has to go to the regulators, it gets in first. If the raid is already happening and the regulator’s investigators are crawling all over the company, you need your lawyers to sort out your position, and forensics to find out the truth.’ To Continue Reading: Click Here -------------------------------------------- Source: lawgazette.co.uk By: Grania Langdon-Down

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