Efficient, secure eDisclosure powered by Relativity
QCC helps legal teams, investigators and organisations manage document-heavy matters with greater speed, control and confidence.
Using Relativity, one of the world’s leading eDiscovery platforms, we provide a managed eDisclosure service that supports the identification, collection, processing, review and production of electronically stored information.
Whether your matter involves thousands or millions of documents, we help you reduce unnecessary data, identify important evidence and maintain a clear, defensible process from start to finish.
eDisclosure services:
What is eDisclosure?
eDisclosure, also known as electronic disclosure or eDiscovery, is the process of finding, preserving, reviewing and producing electronic information that may be relevant to litigation, an investigation or a regulatory matter.
Relevant information can be held across a wide range of sources, including:
- Emails and Microsoft 365 accounts
- Computers and mobile devices
- Shared drives and document repositories
- Cloud storage and collaboration platforms
- Databases and structured data
- Scanned documents, audio and video files
As data volumes increase, manually searching and reviewing every document can quickly become expensive, time-consuming and difficult to manage. QCC combines specialist technology with experienced project support to create a more focused, proportionate and efficient approach.
Why choose QCC for eDisclosure?
Relativity-powered technology
Relativity provides advanced search, filtering, analytics and document review tools, helping legal teams work efficiently across large and complex datasets.
End-to-end project support
Our team can support your matter from initial scoping and data collection through to review, disclosure and production.
Reduced document volumes
De-duplication, email threading, date ranges, keyword searches and metadata filters can significantly reduce the number of documents requiring review.
Secure, controlled workflows
We apply appropriate information security, access control and data handling procedures throughout each project.
Scalable and proportionate
Our workflows can be tailored to matters of different sizes, from focused investigations to complex disclosure exercises involving multiple data sources.
Clear, defensible processes
Documented workflows and audit trails provide visibility over how information has been collected, processed, reviewed and produced.
Our eDisclosure process
1. Scoping and strategy
Every matter begins with a clear understanding of your objectives, deadlines and disclosure requirements.
We work with you to identify:
- Relevant issues and date ranges
- Potential custodians and data sources
- Expected data volumes
- Review and production requirements
- Appropriate technology and workflows
Early scoping helps control the volume of data entering the process and ensures the project is planned in a proportionate and commercially sensible way.
2. Data preservation and collection
Potentially relevant information is identified and collected using appropriate, documented methods.
Depending on the matter, this may include data from email accounts, computers, mobile devices, cloud platforms, shared drives and other electronic repositories.
Where required, forensic imaging and chain-of-custody procedures can be used to help preserve the integrity of the evidence.
3. Processing and data reduction
Collected data is processed and prepared for review within Relativity.
This stage may include:
- File extraction and indexing
- De-duplication
- Date and custodian filtering
- File type filtering
- Email threading
- Optical Character Recognition for scanned material
- Identification of processing exceptions
Reducing irrelevant or duplicate information before review can save substantial time and cost.
4. Early Case Assessment
Relativity’s search and analytical tools can help legal teams understand a dataset before committing resources to a full review.
This can include testing keywords, analysing communication patterns, identifying important custodians and reviewing representative samples of the data.
These findings can then be used to refine the review strategy and focus attention on the information most likely to matter.
5. Document review and analysis
Relativity provides a secure, structured environment in which authorised reviewers can search, categorise and analyse documents.
Review workflows can support:
- Relevance and issue coding
- Privilege identification
- Redaction
- Quality control checks
- Review progress reporting
- Collaboration across review teams
QCC can configure the review environment around the specific requirements of the matter and provide technical and project management support throughout.
6. Disclosure and production
Once the review is complete, responsive documents can be prepared in the format required by the legal team, court, regulator or agreed disclosure protocol.
Productions may include native files, searchable PDFs, images, metadata and supporting load files, depending on the requirements of the matter.
Quality control checks are completed before release to help ensure the production is accurate, complete and defensible.
Advanced review with Relativity
Relativity gives legal teams the tools to move beyond basic keyword searching and manage complex document populations more effectively.
Depending on the requirements of the matter, available capabilities may include:
Advanced searching and filtering
Search across document content and metadata using keywords, dates, custodians, senders, recipients, file types and other criteria.
De-duplication
Identify exact duplicate documents so reviewers do not repeatedly assess the same information.
Email threading
Group related email conversations and identify messages containing unique content, helping to reduce repetitive review.
Near-duplicate identification
Locate similar documents and different versions of the same material, making comparison and analysis faster and easier.
Analytics and visualisation
Explore communication patterns, timelines, concepts and relationships across the dataset.
Technology Assisted Review
Where appropriate, technology-assisted workflows can help prioritise documents for human review and focus attention on potentially relevant material.
Relativity provides the technology platform. QCC provides the workflow design, project support and technical guidance needed to use it effectively.
When can eDisclosure help?
Security and compliance
Our eDisclosure services can support matters including:
- Commercial litigation and disputes
- Internal investigations
- Regulatory investigations
- Fraud and financial crime matters
- Employment disputes
- Insolvency and restructuring investigations
- Arbitration
- Urgent or high-volume document reviews
We work with law firms, in-house legal teams, investigators, public sector organisations and other professional advisers.
Confidentiality, information security and defensible data handling are central to every eDisclosure matter.
QCC’s approach is supported by:
- UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
- ISO/IEC 27001-certified information security management
- Encrypted data storage and secure, role-based access
- Auditable workflows across review and production
- Controlled data retention and secure deletion arrangements
From collection through to production, our documented processes help protect sensitive information, preserve evidential integrity and maintain a clear record of how data has been handled.
We also work with clients to address any matter-specific security, hosting or access requirements before a project begins.
Frequently asked questions
The terms are often used interchangeably. eDisclosure is commonly used in UK legal proceedings, while eDiscovery is more widely used internationally. Both refer to the process of identifying, collecting, reviewing and producing electronic information.
Document review is often one of the most expensive stages of disclosure. By removing duplicates, filtering irrelevant information and using analytics to organise the dataset, the volume of material requiring human review can often be reduced significantly.
Yes. We can work alongside your solicitors, counsel, investigators, internal legal team or existing document reviewers, providing the technology and project support required.
Relativity provides a secure online review environment that allows authorised users to access and review documents from approved locations.
Timescales depend on the volume and complexity of the data, the number of sources involved, the review requirements and any court or regulatory deadlines. Following an initial scoping discussion, we can recommend an appropriate workflow and project timetable.
Costs typically depend on factors such as data volume, processing requirements, hosting duration, user numbers, analytics, technical support and production requirements. We provide clear scoping so you understand the likely project requirements before work begins.
Let QCC simplify your next investigation
From focused document reviews to complex investigations involving large volumes of electronic information, QCC provides the technology, experience and support needed to manage eDisclosure efficiently.
Speak to our team about your data sources, deadlines and review requirements. We will help you identify a proportionate approach and explain how Relativity can support your matter.