The leading Australian firm at the centre of the British American Tobacco (BAT) shredding case, Clayton Utz, has launched an internal review in the wake of the damning judgment concerning its conduct in the case.

Claytons chief executive partner David Fagan last week said that the firm was conducting a review to see what actions may result from the finding of an Australian judge in March that the destruction of documents by Claytons’ client BAT had subverted the discovery process.