LEAP Estates has released its 2026 Private Client Industry Report, providing detailed insight into wills and estate planning trends across England and Wales. The report draws on aggregated, anonymised data from the LEAP, LEAP Estates and Willsuite platforms, offering a large-scale, data-led view of private client legal activity during the 2025 reporting year.

There’s a lot of dramatic commentary about AI “coming for” creative teams. In legal marketing, where everyone is already stretched, it’s easy to see why that narrative sticks. But I don’t think AI is the real threat. Mediocrity is.

For most law firms, CRM is a necessary operational expense - a digital Rolodex for clients and prospects. But the UK’s top firms have realised a powerful shift: CRM isn’t a database; it’s a growth engine.

Most conveyancing journeys begin the same way. Someone has a question, they want a price, and they want it quickly. But this is where many firms lose momentum. A slow reply or unclear fees can send a potential client looking elsewhere before you even know they reached out.

Standardising workflows can unlock efficiency and consistency in mid-sized law firms, but only if it is done in a way that preserves professional judgement, innovation and client focus. This article explores how managing partners can streamline workflow process design while protecting the creativity that differentiates their firm.

In 2026, generalized AI has become "table stakes." While every organization now has access to the same foundational models, the true competitive advantage belongs to the teams that can leverage their own institutional memory.

iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge Work™, today released findings from its iManage Knowledge Work 2026 Benchmark Report, a global study of 3,185 business and technology decision-makers across 26 countries, showing that professional services firms with mature, well-governed knowledge foundations significantly outperform their peers on AI adoption, business performance, and client trust.

Thomson Reuters, a global content and technology company, today announced it has acquired Noetica, Inc. Founded in 2022, the New York–based AI-native start-up transforms transaction-deal data into structured market intelligence for deal professionals.

Law firms have spent years building proprietary knowledge libraries: approved precedents, practice notes, model clauses, checklists, and internal policies. The promise of AI is that it can make this knowledge instantly accessible. The reality is more complicated — but three approaches are turning that promise into something practical.

Atlas, the intelligent knowledge platform developed by ClearPeople and designed for law firms where accuracy, trust, and expertise are mission-critical, today announced a major evolution of its platform: a collective intelligence layer that takes institutional memory one step further by delivering precise, trusted AI responses grounded in governed enterprise knowledge.

Legacy platforms still run critical operations in many law firms, but the demands placed on those systems have changed dramatically. Modern legal practices require speed, flexibility, and real-time insight. Systems designed for static workflows and periodic upgrades struggle to keep pace with how law firms now operate and compete.

Responsible AI is no longer an innovation question for large law firms. It is a reputation risk management issue that directly affects client confidence, regulatory exposure and operational resilience across global networks.

For many UK law firms, enabling clients to make payments through their website seems like a natural step towards convenience. After all, we live in a digital-first world, and clients expect the ability to settle invoices online.