Voyage of discovery

摘要

Gillian Thomas describes proposals to cut the cost of discovery-the most expensive part of bringing a case to trial -and how to implementthem. Anyone who has been involved in litigation will be aware of the time-consuming and costly procedure of discovery. This is where each party discloses to the other all documents in their "possession, custody or power" relating to any matter in question between them in the action. Although there are undoubtedly cases that revolve around few documents, discovery in construction disputes is usually onerous, because of the large amount of paperwork created during a construction project.