§ 01
Defensible by default
Every workstream is built to withstand challenge — hash-verified collections, audited workflows, signed productions.
Chain of custody · ActiveMatter no. 2026 / 0118
Evidence handled with the seriousness the court expects.
An independent UK eDiscovery practice. We collect, process and produce electronic evidence to a standard built for cross-examination — not for the marketing deck.
- Practice
- UK · cross-border
- Standard
- ACPO · ISO 27001
- Response
- Same working day
Ref · E-D · 2026 · INDEXClass · ConfidentialJuris · England & WalesStatus · Active
Instructed on platforms including
RelativityNuixRevealCellebriteMagnet AXIOMEnCase
§ 02 · Services
A full-spectrum, in-house capability.
Every stage of the EDRM, delivered by the same team that scoped the matter. No hand-offs, no diluted accountability.
All services →- 01read
Forensic data collection
Sound-image capture of mobile, cloud, endpoint and server data with ACPO-aligned chain of custody.
- 02read
Processing & culling
De-duplication, threading, near-dupe, language ID and targeted analytics to compress review burden.
- 03read
Hosted review
Relativity-ready workspaces with role-based access, audited workflows and review QC.
- 04read
Production & disclosure
DAT, LOAD, PDF, native + metadata productions tuned to court and regulator requirements.
§ 03 · Method
The EDRM, executed without compromise.
Each phase has its own defensibility checkpoint — what was done, by whom, when, against which hash, under whose instruction.
- 01Identifycheckpoint
- 02Preservecheckpoint
- 03Collectcheckpoint
- 04Processcheckpoint
- 05Reviewcheckpoint
- 06Producecheckpoint
Plate · 01- Law firms
- Disputes, investigations, competition, employment, IP.
- In-house legal
- Regulator response, internal investigations, subject access.
- Regulated
- Financial services, insurance, energy, life sciences.
- Public sector
- Public inquiries, FOI / SAR, statutory investigations.
§ 05 · Principles
Four commitments that hold across every matter.
§ 02
Independent
No vendor capture. We engineer to your matter, your platform requirements, and your court or regulator.
§ 03
Proportionate
We aggressively cull noise before it reaches review. You pay for substance, not volume.
§ 04
Confidential
UK-resident data, encrypted in transit and at rest, accessed under documented role-based controls.
§ 06 · Case notes
Anonymised matters from recent practice.
CN · 24 · 011Financial services
Cross-border regulatory disclosure
320GB across mobile, M365 and Teams. Custodian count: 38. Three jurisdictions. Produced inside the regulator's six-week window.
FCAM365Teams
CN · 24 · 027Commercial litigation
Pre-action electronic disclosure
Forensic collection of personal devices under solicitor-supervised protocol. Search terms negotiated and reduced review set by 71%.
DisclosureMobileRelativity
CN · 25 · 003Internal investigation
Allegations of conduct breach
Covert preservation of departing employee endpoints. Recovered deleted artefacts; supported parallel HR and criminal-referral workstreams.
ForensicsACPOEndpoint
§ 07 · Knowledge Centre
Practice notes from the practitioners.
Featured · Practice note
Mobile evidence in 2026: what counsel still gets wrong about Signal, WhatsApp and disappearing messages.
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- DisclosureWriting search terms that survive negotiation.6 min
- RegulatorPreparing for an FCA s.165 request inside 28 days.7 min
- ForensicsWhen a logical extraction is enough — and when it isn't.5 min
Instruct the practice
Bring us in early.
Defensibility is built, not retrofitted.
Whether you are responding to a regulator, preparing for disclosure, or scoping an internal investigation — start the chain of custody with a short, confidential conversation.