Legal

Legal

Facilitating the legal process

The legal profession must access and manage enormous amounts of information on an ongoing basis. We have helped law firms and legal entities develop custom applications for various aspects of knowledge access and management.

We were hired to design and build an evidence management system for what was (at the time) the largest case in Canadian history. It involved liability issues associated with an explosion at an oil refinery. This massive case was in discovery for 10 years before going to trial and tens of thousands of pieces of evidence were accumulated. We created a database-driven evidence management system that cataloged and cross-referenced every piece of evidence in the case. We also generated a database-driven animation sequence that showed a schematic of the oil refinery and how personnel moved about the site in brief time increments leading up to the incident. Finally, we conceived of and constructed a system that summarized the details of the trial. The system was designed to allow counsel to get a sense of the trial and construct a closing argument without reviewing years of trial transcripts directly. By managing the massive amount of trial data, our solutions helped reduce trial costs and streamline complex processes.