reasonable search

reasonable search
Parties to civil proceedings are not obliged to conduct an exhaustive search for all potentially relevant documents – they are obliged to conduct a reasonable search. The factors which the court will take into account in assessing reasonableness are set out in CPR 31.7. There are additional factors which apply to searches for electronic documents, these are set out in Paragraph 2A of Practice Direction 31.

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