UKLTA News

UKLTA, the Legal Technology Association for the UK is happy to announce today that Baskerville Drummond has joined the Association. Baskerville Drummond provide a full “end to end” service from Strategic Reviews, System & Vendor Selection to Implementation and Strategy Execution. David Baskerville said: “We were really pleased to be to join the UKLTA. It is an innovative group who’s mission is to bring together legal professionals, technology providers and consumers of legal services can come together in order to help shape the future of legal services. It is therefore wonderful opportunity to work with like minded organisations”. The UKLTA [...]

The UKLTA has joined a global research project to assess the state of the legalTech industry worldwide. If you are a UK LegalTech company we need your help to put UK LegalTech on the map. According to our own records, there are currently over 140 companies active in the UK legalTech space. To ensure that the outcome of the global research project is representative of the range of legalTech solutions being created here in the UK, we are inviting UK legalTech companies to take part in the survey. The survey aims to compile the most comprehensive data ever on [...]

The final event in the current series of UKLTA (www.uklta.org.uk) online forums took place yesterday, where our expert panel shared their top tips for information and cyber security, considering how practices have adapted during lockdown and how technology can help. Chaired by Heather Anson (Anson Evaluate), our panellists Peter Wright (Digital Law UK), Jen Williams (Lawyer Checker) and David Baskerville (Baskerville Drummond) provided clear and practical advice on what firms can do to help protect themselves from cyber and information security threats. The recording of the event is available online for the next seven days - so catch it [...]

The UKLTA has launched a new Innovation Sounding Board, for innovators within UKLTA member law firms to share different ideas and approaches to innovation. The group was created to provide an opportunity for people involved in championing innovation to share ideas, challenges and experiences, and a forum through which members can discuss and explore in a safe space under Chatham House Rules. Founded by Catriona Wolfenden (Partner & Innovation Manager at Weightmans) and Beth Wells (Legal Engineer at Weightmans), the group brings together innovation leaders and champions from across the legal sector. Catriona said: “We are always keen to [...]

The second UKLTA online forum took place this week, where our expert panel shared their top tips for Client Communication & Confidentiality, considering how communication has changed over the past few months and how firms can adapt and thrive. Our next panel “Wills & LPA’s During Lockdown” takes place next Thursday at 5pm and you can book your place here. Chaired by Harvey Harding (PM Law), our panel members Catriona Wolfenden (Weightmans), Nigel Stott (Hudgell Solicitors), Rob Hosier (inCase), Kevin Bishop (etiCloud) and Douglas Orr (novastone) gave some great insights for firms considering how to leverage technology to improve [...]

The first UKLTA online forum took place last week, where our expert panel shared their top tips for Remote Client Onboarding, as well as more general advice on bringing new technology into your firm. Our next panel “Client Communication & Confidentiality” takes place this Thursday at 5pm and you can book your place here. For firms considering how to digitise their client onboarding process, our law panel members Sarah Blair (Thorntons), Rachael Hodge (PM Property Lawyers), Austin Blackburn (Nash & Co) and Chris Walker (Gorvins Solicitors) gave clear explanations of how they have done it, and are now using [...]

The first UKLTA online forum took place last week, where our expert panel shared their top tips for Remote Client Onboarding, as well as more general advice on bringing new technology into your firm. For firms considering how to digitise their client onboarding process, our law panel members Sarah Blair (Thorntons), Rachael Hodge (PM Property Lawyers), Austin Blackburn (Nash & Co) and Chris Walker (Gorvins Solicitors) gave clear explanations of how they have done it, and are now using technology within their practices to enhance client experience, whilst also driving efficiency and cost savings. The knowledge shared by our [...]