Investment in UK lawtech start-ups tops £16m, reveals report by Thomson Reuters and Legal Geek

Investment into UK lawtech start-ups has reached £16m, reveals Movers and Shakers: UK Lawtech Startups, a new report by Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of news and information for professional markets, and Legal Geek, the UK’s largest lawtech community. The report, which tracks and analyses fast-growing start-ups in the legal technology space across the UK, […]

Industry analysis from Thomson Reuters: Don’t dodge a faster draft

This article was also featured as an industry analysis in the May 2017 issue of LPM magazine, download LPM.  Serving clients profitably is the second greatest challenge for law firms after attracting valuable clients, according to Thomson Reuters Legal UK & Ireland’s 2016 report: Pedal harder, pedal smarter. Lawyers now need to address the challenge of […]

Legal IT industry insight from Thomson Reuters: Check yourself before you tech yourself

This article was also featured as an industry insight piece in the LPM Legal IT landscapes 2017 report. Click here to download the report for free. The pace of technological change in the top 100 law firms can be taken for granted, to an extent – but it’s encouraging to see that a willingness to explore new […]

Industry view from Thomson Reuters: New ball game

This article was also featured as an industry view in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Attracting new clients was the top concern of small and mediumsized law firm respondents when the results came in from our Lawyer-Entrepreneur 2017 report (October 2016). The respondents also agreed that while growth forecasts are good, […]

Industry interview with Thomson Reuters Peers Monitor: Into global gears

This article was also featured as an industry interview in the April 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing. Law firms need ready access to reliable data to make their operations more efficient and competitive – but how do they know just how competitive they really are? For that they’ll have to compare […]

Industry analysis from Thomson Reuters: US market insight

This blog post was also featured as an industry analysis piece in the July 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing.  The 2016 State of the Legal Market report, a collaboration between Thomson Reuters Peer Monitor and the Georgetown Law Center for the Study of the Legal Profession, posited that large law firms in the […]

Industry analysis from Thomson Reuters: London calling

This aritcle was also featured as an industry analysis in the October 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing.  The general sense among law firms in the UK is that 2016 is a better year than 2015 so far – particularly for firms from the US operating in London. The most recent data from Thomson Reuters […]

Industry analysis from Thomson Reuters: Heads up on Brexit

This aritcle was also featured as an industry analysis in the December 2016 issue of Briefing. To read the issue in full, download Briefing.  The results were a true mixed bag. Common wisdom told us that demand for legal services would decline in the run-up to the Brexit vote – and the anecdotal evidence also largely supported that conclusion, both internationally and […]