The outcome is also bad for the producing party because they unwittingly made false representations to the court and the opposing party about the quality of their document production that could have been avoided with more diligence.
The framework document is also expected to review how the quality of university courses is assured - and in his speech Lord Mandelson will call for "ways of incentivising excellence in academic teaching".
In his response document, Sir Ronnie says the Merseyside adviser will have unrestricted access to all material requested, and will "quality assure" the investigation.