UK introduces discovery directive.

• Position: E-DISCOVERY - Brief article

The United Kingdom has introduced Practice Direction 31B, addressing the disclosure of electronic documents. According to the Ministry of Justice, this new Practice Direction aims to focus the parties on the sources of electronic material and give guidance to those with less experience of dealing which [sic] such issues." It covers myriad topics, including preservation, discussion points between the parties, reasonable searching, keyword and automated searching, the disclosure of metadata, and the production format.

The Practice Direction also provides an "Electronic Documents Questionnaire" that may be exchanged by the parties "in order to provide...