Objective Coding: When, Why, and How | Webinar Recording

eDiscovery at Lunch is our monthly drop-in series designed for legal and review teams who want to sharpen their Nuix skills and knowledge, build confidence with legal content, and better collaborate with their team. 

Objective Coding: When, Why, and How

Summary

In this eDiscovery at Lunch session, Noticia co-founder Duncan Fraser delivers a detailed, practitioner-focused overview of objective coding in Nuix Discover, explaining when it is required, why it matters, and how to perform it efficiently at scale. The session blends legal context with hands-on workflow guidance, clarifying the distinction between objective and subjective review and demonstrating how thoughtful setup, batching, and analytics dramatically improve speed and accuracy. Duncan also previews how AI—via Noticia Go—can assist with objective coding while reinforcing the continued need for human quality control.

Key areas covered:

• Objective coding fundamentals: What objective coding is (and is not), how it differs from relevance and privilege review, and which document attributes qualify as objective identifiers.

• Legal and procedural drivers: Why courts and discovery plans require objective coding, with reference to Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure and key case law emphasizing proper document description and computer compatibility.

• Core objective coding fields: Standard fields such as document date, type, title, author, recipient, and attachment relationships, and why simplicity and consistency matter.

• Handling real-world challenges: Practical guidance on fuzzy or partial dates, undated documents, date ranges, naming inconsistencies, distribution lists, and document type taxonomies.

• Efficient workflows in Nuix Discover: Using dedicated objective coding fields, conditional coding templates, macros, quick codes, clustering, and similarity tools to avoid slow, linear review and improve quality control.