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Top chambers and law centre throw weight behind pioneering webcam legal service
Wednesday, 11 April 2012One of the country’s largest barristers’ chambers has joined forces with Instant Law UK, as it rolls out its library-based video-conferencing service. Users will also have access to the first interactive, online debt and employment law service, in conjunction with a London law centre
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Rocket Lawyer ramps up ahead of UK launch
Monday, 2 April 2012Rocket Lawyer, the Google-backed US online legal document service, has taken the next step in its plans to launch in the UK this year by opening a London office and recruiting a senior member of the LexisNexis team to lead it.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Pioneering web-based probate service goes live as two investigations into online legal advice begin
Tuesday, 27 March 2012A groundbreaking online probate service has gone live, allowing people to handle straightforward cases themselves for £349. In the coming months it will also be sold to law firms as a white-label product. Meanwhile, the Law Society has begun investigating online legal services.
Tags: Legal Services Board, Online Legal Services, probate
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Mills & Reeve to start selling online package to help other family lawyers compete
Friday, 23 March 2012Regional law firm Mills & Reeve will next month launch a fixed-price online know-how and training package for family lawyers that it claims will enable practitioners to compete in a shrinking market.
Tags: CPD, family law, Online Legal Services
Posted in hrtraining, Latest news
Firms "getting SEO wrong" by focusing too much on generic phrases
Thursday, 23 February 2012Lawyers are focusing their search engine optimisation (SEO) tactics on the wrong keywords and can convert more work by targeting so-called ‘long tail’ keyword searches, digital marketing experts have claimed.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR
Google-backed US online legal service to open up UK lawyer panel next month
Friday, 10 February 2012Rocket Lawyer, the Google-backed US online legal document service, is on track to launch in the UK later this year, with lawyers set to be offered the chance to join its panel from next month, Legal Futures can reveal.
Tags: Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, Technology
New websites aid solicitors seeking barristers, and consumers seeking solicitors they can trust
Thursday, 2 February 2012A new service has been launched that allows solicitors to contact numerous sets of barristers chambers simultaneously to check what counsel are available for a case they are looking to cover. Meanwhile, another online service aimed at helping consumers find tradesmen is now targeting the legal market.
Tags: Barristers, Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, Marketing & PR
News in brief: ABS applications update, SfH founder fights on, Eversheds’ "absolute fixed fee" and more
Monday, 9 January 2012Our regular round-up includes the latest number of ABS applicants, an about-turn by the founder of Solicitors from Hell, Eversheds extending its partnership with Tyco, more cash for Rocket Lawyer, plus Manchester mergers, litigation funding and more.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, fixed fees, Litigation Funding, mergers, Online Legal Services, Solicitors from Hell
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor, News In Brief
Law firm investor in talks with more than 25 practices
Wednesday, 30 November 2011The first business to announce its intention to invest in law firms has already spoken to more than 25 interested practices, it has revealed. However, In-Deed’s half-year results have revealed a very slow start to its online conveyancing business, with only 120 instructions in four months.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, external investment, Online Legal Services
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
DAS buys Everything Legal as it prepares for ABS conversion
Tuesday, 29 November 2011Legal expenses insurer DAS has taken the next step in its preparations to become an alternative business structure by acquiring online legal services company Everything Legal, which owns legal advice website Law on the Web. It will give DAS a strong direct route to market.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, Online Legal Services
Posted in Alternative business structures, Market monitor, News