IBRC seeks tech assistance to analyse Quinn files

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation wants to use a US-style form of technically assisted discovery to analyse the relevance of almost 1.75m documents for its action alleging members of the Quinn family conspired to put valuable assets beyond its reach.

If the technology-assisted review of bank and other documents IBRC has identified as possibly relevant for the case proceeds, it will be the first time this means of analysing relevance of documents for discovery between parties will have been used in litigation here.

Karyn Harty, for IBRC, in an affidavit to the Commercial Court said the process is “very efficient and very accurate”, particularly where the number of documents exceeds 1m.