In Episode 4 of The Dispute Brief, Augusta Shahin explains document production in plain terms for disputes lawyers, in-house counsel, and contract teams.

This episode covers:

• what document production is (and what it is not)

• the IBA approach: targeted requests with reasons, not fishing trips

• what tribunals actually test for: relevance, materiality, possession or control, proportionality, and limits like privilege and confidentiality

• common red flags in Nigerian disputes, and how to rewrite them into workable requests

• privilege without panic, and why overclaiming destroys credibility

• preservation for real life: emails, WhatsApp, staff exits, and “lost phones”

If you have a document request you want sanity-checked, remove names and figures and email it.