Case Study: The 36 Group achieves 4‑week time savings in criminal defence preparation with Luminance

The 36 Group - Customer Case Study

The 36 Group, a leading London barristers’ chambers, faced a high-profile historic murder trial requiring a 20-person remote team to review over 10,000 documents. Finding the Crown Court Digital Case System (CCDCS) unable to provide the centrally accessible, collaborative and intuitive platform they needed during COVID-19, The 36 Group deployed Luminance Discovery from Luminance to manage the review and preparation.

Luminance’s cloud deployment let the team upload the full dataset in minutes, while its supervised and unsupervised machine learning, 3D visualization, de-duplication, email leafing and automatic document bundling enabled fast culling, concept-similarity surfacing and seamless task allocation across the team. Using Luminance, The 36 Group saved roughly four working weeks between the start of review and disclosure, compiled cross-examination bundles in minutes, and avoided duplicated work—outcomes the team said CCDCS could not match.

The 36 Group

Sally Hobson

Barrister