00:00Palantir is suing the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, otherwise known as MOPAC,
00:06over its decision in May to block the Met from agreeing to a two-year deal with the firm
00:12to provide artificial intelligence technology to automate intelligence analysis in criminal
00:18investigations. A full hearing of the case is due to be held in January next year.
00:24At a preliminary hearing on Thursday, the High Court was told Lord Kahn and more than
00:29a dozen other MOPAC and Greater London Authority officials will be classed as custodians.
00:35This means their digital communications, including text messages, WhatsApp messages and Microsoft
00:41Teams chats, will be searched for anything relevant to the issues in the legal battle and disclosed
00:48to Palantir. Also listed as a custodian is Sarah Brown, who was appointed as Downing Street's
00:55Director of Communications in July after working as Lord Kahn's Director of Communications and
01:00Strategy. It comes after Palantir said in court documents outlining its claim that press articles
01:07on MOPAC's refusal to approve the deal cited concerns about Palantir's values and ethics,
01:13with MOPAC since confirming Ms Brown initiated press briefings about the move. Blocking the
01:20contract. Earlier this year, MOPAC said Palantir was the only supplier the Mets had seriously
01:26considered for the proposed deal.
