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Pioneering legal tech company launches mobile app
Friday, 4 March 2016Pekama, a legal tech company with investment from law firm Taylor Vinters, has launched a mobile app which it believes will trigger a “big change” in the way lawyers communicate. Zeev Fisher, the chief executive of Pekama and a solicitor, said the app had been tested by three law firms.
Tags: apps, law firms, Technology
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Free2Convey to launch next month, with the focus on security
Wednesday, 20 January 2016Free2Convey, which began as a free rival to failed conveyancing portal Veyo, is to formally launch to all conveyancers at the start of next month. Matt Lancaster, chair of Legal Software Suppliers Association, said the aim was to “create a trusted community”.
Tags: conveyancing, Free2Convey, Technology
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Case-tracking app will enable us to become biggest conveyancers, new ABS says
Thursday, 14 January 2016An ambitious new firm of licensed conveyancers has developed its own case-tracking app in a bid to become the biggest conveyancing business in the country. Managing director Simon Bath said the firm had funding from individual investors and private equity.
Tags: Alternative business structures, apps, conveyancing, Technology
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‘Amicable app’ aims to take some of the pain – and cost – out of divorce
Wednesday, 6 January 2016A counsellor and a tech entrepreneur are launching an app to help couples going through separation or divorce, and cut down on the need for lawyers and the amount spent on them. The first version of the ‘amicable app’ will go live at the end of March.
Tags: apps, divorce, online dispute resolution, Technology
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One in ten legal advice agencies facing closure next year
Tuesday, 22 December 2015One in ten legal advice agencies warn that they are likely to close next year, a report for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has revealed. More than half had been forced to make major changes as a result of LASPO.
Tags: legal aid, Ministry of Justice, Technology
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Law Society “must be held to account” over collapse of Veyo
Friday, 18 December 2015The Law Society “must be held to account” for the collapse of conveyancing portal Veyo, the founder of the Bold Legal Group has said. Rob Hailstone accused the society of “hiding the truth about its mismanagement”.
Tags: conveyancing, Law Society, Technology
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Law firm takes the plunge as minority investor in legal tech company
Friday, 11 December 2015A law firm has become a minority investor in a legal tech company, in what is understood to be the first move of its kind. Taylor Vinters said it wanted to develop new technology through collaboration with other businesses,
Tags: law firms, Technology
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Riverview unveils technology behind ‘virtual assistants’
Monday, 7 December 2015Riverview Law has unveiled the technology which will power a range of legal ‘virtual assistants’ it is preparing to launch next year. Riverview said ‘Kim’ was already being used outside the legal world.
Tags: artificial intelligence, Technology
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Demise of Veyo is “green light” for Free2Convey, LSSA chair says
Monday, 7 December 2015The demise of the Law Society and Mastek’s online conveyancing portal Veyo gives the “green light” to rival system Free2Convey, the chair of the Legal Software Suppliers Association has said. Matt Lancaster said Free2Convey could now become the “central conveyancing portal”.
Tags: conveyancing, Law Society, Technology
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First “fully digital” court process set for expansion after successful pilot
Thursday, 26 November 2015A group of London local authorities, a legal software supplier and an electronic data specialist claim to have developed the first “entirely digital” process for court proceedings.
Tags: Technology
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