Does your law firm use Microsoft Word? If so, Legal Doc Pro from Legal Workflow is the collection of tools that will allow everyone in your firm to create professional, client ready documents in seconds. Legal Doc Pro is made up of three key functions, all designed to generate stunning branded documents with ease. You […]

IT director Adele Summers explains how Northern Irish firm Wilson Nesbitt chose IT provider CTS to help it grow and ensure the firm’s security would remain up to scratch. Wilson Nesbitt is a full-service law firm with commercial offices in Belfast and volume services offices in Bangor. Among other areas, it handles significant proportions of […]

As you’re probably aware, the EU’s fifth anti-money laundering directive (5AMLD) comes into force in January 2020. And law firms really do need to comply, especially as they’re particularly vulnerable. While banks and accountancy firms are much more geared up for this, law firms typically have fewer systems and resources in place with which to […]

Back in 2013, renowned marketer Scott Brinker described how he believed that the leading challenge faced by management teams was created by the concept that, while the pace of technological change is exponential, organisations only change logarithmically.  In simple terms, technology emerges and develops at a pace faster than organisations can keep up with. He […]

The bridge between legal service requirements and IT has long been an important talking point but what can we really do to make things easier, faster and more informative? In some instances, the basic structure IT can take within a firm is limited, but it’s not only the physical constraints on what can be achieved […]

The UK’s leading legal systems innovator, Zylpha, has announced an integration of its widely acclaimed legal document bundling software for the popular iManage 9 platform. Of particular note is the all new Pay As You Bundle functionality, enabling users to pay only for what they use. A traditional enterprise integration is also available for organisations […]

Data is a vital asset to every modern legal practice. It is the backbone of both case and business continuity and without it, almost any firm today would cease to operate. As data sets grow continuously, law firms are becoming ever more reliant on third party cloud-based systems to manage and store most, if not […]

Change is always hard. Lawyers have seen the legal field transform with the arrival of machine learning, AI and case management software and there has been concern among lawyers about the future of their careers. If AI is so smart, can it take over legal jobs? If there is no need for someone to go […]

At Accesspoint, we understand the challenges legal firms face with sticking to deadlines, providing a high quality service to clients and still meeting the expectations of the ever changing legal environment. That’s why we don’t want you to sweat over the small things and waste hours of your precious time completing tedious tasks and populating […]

St John’s Buildings barristers’ chambers has won Technology Venture of the Year at the British Legal Technology Awards 2019. The award was a result of a venture between three major players in the legal services market collaborating to create the first truly automated end-to-end digital solution for insurers, solicitors and counsel using Artificial Intelligence (AI).  […]

In its report looking at the need for improvements in the home buying process, the government outlined three key areas of concern. Firstly, the quality of the consumer experience, secondly the length of time a transaction takes and thirdly the number of purchases that fall through. Technology should offer improvements in all of these areas […]

The old saying about a week being a long time in politics is clearly relevant at the moment, so to look back over the last 18 months in terms of the home buying and selling process is somewhat problematic simply because there has been so much going on, with progress made across a large number […]

When the government published its paper, Improving the home buying and selling process, in April 2019, it made a clear request for technological improvements. The whole lifecycle, from estate agent listing to land registration faces modernisation, with technology led innovation such as digital signatures, ID verification and the adoption of e-conveyancing combined with a closer monitoring […]