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What is a client portal? A client portal is a secure online space that allows law firms and clients to share information in a clear, organised way. Instead of relying on long email chains or sending documents back and forth as attachments, a portal brings everything related to a matter into one place. Clients can […]

Administering an estate carries profound emotional and legal weight. When a person passes away, their loved ones and legal representatives share a common goal: to ensure the deceased’s final wishes are respected and fulfilled. Documents are easily misplaced over decades, or stored with law firms that families know nothing about. Sometimes, people assume their loved […]

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Client Portals and SME law firms For many small and mid-sized enterprise (SME) law firms, the idea of a client portal prompts a quiet pause. It sounds useful and sensible, but it can also feel like something designed for larger firms with bigger teams, deeper pockets and dedicated IT support. When time and resources are already stretched, […]

Many firms are investing in AI tools and process automation to modernise their operations, but how many of them are truly ready? As highlighted in our latest Legal Trends Report, many UK law firms remain stuck between ambition and execution. Legal technology has accelerated, but integration, skills, and strategy are often lagging. Most firms recognise the […]

Your Legal Aid contract defines your capacity and determines how many new cases your firm can take on. In practice, it shapes how you plan, how you allocate work and how confidently you make decisions throughout the year. And yet, in many firms, turning that contract into usable data still relies on manual entry. For […]

Legal professionals operate in highly fragmented workflows, where critical work is spread across documents, tools, and systems that don’t talk to each other. Lawyers spend a lot of their time on repetitive drafting, manual edits, and document coordination, leaving less room for strategic, high-value legal work.