Category: Technology Intelligence

The Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa (CAHF) (HousingFinanceAfrica.org), research consultancy 71point4 and Seso Global have partnered to develop South Africa’s first blockchain-based property register. The pilot study area consists of almost 1 000 properties located in four sites in Makhaza, Khayelitsha. All the properties are Government subsidised properties that have not yet been registered on Deeds Registry. According to Daniel Bloch, the CEO of Seso Global, a blockchain property registry company, this will be the first working example of a blockchain-based property registry in South Africa. Aside from creating an immutable record of who owns which house, the Seso platform facilitates […]

PracticeEvolve, an innovative legal practice management software provider which offers document management and legal accounting functionalities, has announced a partnership with Fileman, a leading file management company, to provide an integrated file management and storage solution for the legal market across Australia. The solution offers law firms the capability to manage physical and electronic files in a way that is secure, intelligent, flexible and most importantly will reduce the risk of non-compliance. The improved operational efficiency, as a result of streamlined workflows and automated retention and compliance, will ultimately save the end-user time, space and money. “Our integrated solution will […]

Australian law firms are embracing new technology, but smaller practices are more open to technological innovation than their larger cousins, according to a new survey. When asked to rate how open they and their employees were to adopt new technology in the workplace on a scale of 0 to 100, small firms returned an average score of 71 out of 100, compared to large firms with an average of 55. The average for all respondents independent of size was 66. The findings form part of the “Move Forward with Confidence: Your Roadmap to Transformation” report by leading Australian technology company […]

Students enrolled in the UWA Law School’s Legal APPtitude unit presented their final projects at sponsor firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth on Wednesday 23 October 2019. The Legal APPtitude unit involves students teaming up with lawyers from Corrs’ Perth office to develop AI applications to improve efficiencies and save costs for not-for-profits.  In 2019 students worked with one of four non-for-profits: Law Access, Subiaco Justice Centre, Anglicare and the Mental Health Law Centre. The students had responsibility for managing their client relationships, setting and delivering against deadlines, and working collaboratively with professionals, academics, and the community. Corrs’ partners Robert Franklyn and David Yates continue […]

The market for legal services is typically categorised into practice areas such as Corporate and Commercial, Insurance, M&A, Family Law, Conveyancing etc. There are dozens of such practice areas. Technology has been developed for single practice areas and multiple practice areas. There is also technology that can be used in all practice areas. Practice areas is one way to categorise legal technology. Another way to categorise legal technology is with categories such as Marketplaces, Practice Management, Contracts and Risk and Compliance etc. How relevant are these taxonomies in today’s legal services market? Do they help us understand current developments in legal services […]

By Peter Frankl. The words you are reading now are in the cloud. The work that you should be doing now is probably also in the cloud. I received an invitation from IT provider Innessco to visit the cloud. Actually, they referred to it as a data centre but that’s what the cloud is, data centres. I prepared to visit the secret location which turned out to be a huge building in Ultimo on the edge of the Sydney CBD. The building has its name on the front door and is also identified on Google Maps. So I can probably disclose […]

The event theme of “Insight to Action” draws on the insight provided by the BigHand solutions to inspire data-driven action in law firms. By harnessing the power of data and historical insights, BigHand clients are able to make informed business decisions to accelerate growth in the future. BigHand have continued to focus on growth over the last two and half years, and the event will enable clients to learn, listen and share how they have utilised BigHand’s latest technology advances as well as attend sessions from the client services and products teams, locally and globally. The agenda will address how […]

–New South Wales lodgement continues Sympli’s progressive roll-out of services nationally– Australia’s newest Electronic Lodgment Network Operator (ELNO), Sympli Australia Pty Ltd (Sympli), has expanded its service offering with the successful lodgment of its first registry instrument, a mortgage in New South Wales. The mortgage, a key land registry document, was lodged by T.H. Walker Solicitors and Conveyancers as a stand-alone, non-financial transaction. The mortgage document is one of many instruments Sympli will offer to clients as it progressively rolls out its services in New South Wales and nationally. Jason Fox of T.H. Walker Solicitors and Conveyancers said: “We’re thrilled […]

Thomson Reuters and OpenLaw are exploring the future of legal documents with a cutting-edge proof of concept that combines smart documents powered by blockchain technology with document automation.  Contract Express from Thomson Reuters is a leading solution for efficiently producing the most up-to-date, consistent and accurate legal documents. OpenLaw developed the first decentralized peer-to-peer protocol for creating legal agreements. Combining the two unlocks new capabilities to create legal documents with vastly more powerful and unique features, along with superior efficiency and security.  The initial proof of concept shows how Contract Express can be used to create a contract from a Practical Law […]