The use of analytics and big data may transform the way lawyers are instructed, but it’s not perfect.
Big data has long been heralded as something companies can wield to improve their operations and make better, more informed decisions. And with a US start-up which describes itself as the ‘Moneyball’ of legal analytics, big data is being taken to the legal profession.
The analytics company Premonition has released a report which names the top High Court legal performers based on win rates, claiming that under the current system often the underperforming barristers are the most likely to get rehired.
