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Here come the brands: AA and Saga launch legal websites aimed at Middle England
Monday, 1 November 2010The AA and Saga have today launched legal services websites targeted at Middle England as pressure on high street solicitors cranks up. Both companies – which are owned by the same private equity businesses – have tied up with volume law firm Cogent Law to offer services sitting behind an online document-assembly platform provided by legal IT company Epoq Legal.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, legal expenses insurance, Online Legal Services
Posted in Alternative business structures, Market monitor, News
Face-to-face legal advice via the Internet as law firm buys Capita’s helpline
Tuesday, 7 September 2010West Midlands law firm Forum Law is planning to give legal advice over the Internet after buying Capita Assistance’s legal helpline business. Called Legal Assistance Direct (LAD), the service already had contracts to provide legal advice to over five million client customers of various institutions. It currently receives around 35-40,000 calls a year.
Tags: Alternative business structures, Online Legal Services
Posted in Alternative business structures, News, Technology
Poll points to push for online legal services
Monday, 12 April 2010A majority of consumers expect good law firms to offer their services online in the next couple of years, a survey of over 2,000 people has shown. It also showed that nearly half of consumers would be more likely to choose a firm that offered online access.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR, Practice Management, Technology
Spreading your wings
Tuesday, 16 February 2010North Yorkshire firm Coles turned to technology to make its services more accessible and affordable, explains Epoq, a Legal Futures Associate.
Tags: competition, Online Legal Services, Technology
Posted in Practice Management, Technology
Service with an e-smile
Tuesday, 16 February 2010The experience of north-west law firm Farleys shows how an online service delivery capability can help law firms meet the challenges presented by the Legal Services Act, explains Epoq, a Legal Futures Associate.
Tags: competition, Legal Services Act, Online Legal Services
Posted in Practice Management, Technology
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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