How does LawTech affect the productivity, cost effectiveness, and efficiency of different services and outputs in the legal sector?

Background

We want to create the conditions for the UK’s legal services sector to flourish by developing a sustainable, efficient and effective system. This includes securing legal services market access overseas, growing the UK’s market share, and enhancing the international competitiveness and attractiveness of the legal sector.

Next steps

We can be contacted at the following email address: evidence_partnerships@justice.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest

Related UKRI funded projects


  • The impact of the 2007 Legal Services Act on organisational form, the legal profession, and future skills requirements.

    The legal services sector is of fundamental importance to the UK economy both in terms of its contribution to national wealth, and because it plays an important enabling function for other enterprise in the UK. The secto...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on the impact of the 2007 Legal Services Act on the legal sector, which directly addresses the question.

  • Unlocking the Potential of AI for English Law

    The proposed research will explore the potential and limitations of using artificial intelligence (AI) in support of legal services. AI's capabilities have made enormous recent leaps; many expect it to transform how the ...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: University of Oxford

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores the potential and limitations of using AI in legal services, which directly addresses the question.

  • Oxford Brookes University and Brethertons LLP

    To create the 'legal firm of the future', in response to regulatory and market developments, via changes to corporate culture, access channels and business architectures....

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to create the 'legal firm of the future' in response to regulatory and market developments, but does not directly address the question.

  • Lawli

    "Lawli is an intelligent legal assistant that delivers software as a service (SaaS) to law firms and enterprises. We offer legal documents management and discovery, data analytics and access to services in legal eco...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: LAWLI LTD.

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically addresses how LawTech affects productivity, cost effectiveness, and efficiency in the legal sector with the use of AI and machine learning.

  • Data-Driven Innovation in Legal Services: SRA Innovate Testbed 

    The SRA Innovate Testbed is a new open innovation competition created by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in partnership with BEIS and Nesta, the innovation foundation. It will give up to six legal services innovation...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: SOLICITORS REGULATION AUTHORITY

  • Improving Legal Services Productivity and Accessibility with Artificial Intelligence

    "Legal services are expensive. As a result of this, many companies and individuals do not engage with a legal services provider when agreeing contracts. In most cases this will be for lower value contracts, but not ...

    Funded by: ISCF

    Lead research organisation: MOORCROFTS LLP

  • An affordable and accessible digital lawyer using AI and ML to process legal documents specialised to understand technology contracts for Microsoft Partners.

    UK-based Legal Services SME, Law 365 Limited (Law365), has a core project-team of Luis Otton (ex-Quantitative Investment Trader), Kim Simmonds (Commercial Technology Lawyer), Tim Wallis (CEO, Microsoft Partner) and Marti...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: LAW 365 LIMITED

  • Comparison Framework - Legal Services

    Legal Utopia has built its position in the UK market to assist the public in finding and selecting regulated lawyers, whilst also pioneering in the legal diagnostics field to help people identify and understand the legal...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: LEGAL UTOPIA LIMITED

  • Flabba – Advanced system integration to improve efficiencies, access and compliance for the digitalisation of the legal sector

    With Innovate UK support and with design inputs from a range of law firms, Flabba Ltd will develop a tech-agnostic workflow engine capable of uniquely integrating the growing range of digital systems used in the Legal se...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: FLABBA LIMITED