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06 June 2019 / Ed Fletcher
Issue: 7843 / Categories: Features , Profession , Technology , Legal services
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Ed Fletcher explains why the Knowledge Transfer Partnerships scheme can help businesses improve their productivity & competitiveness

Recent studies estimate that worldwide spending on the technologies and services that enable digital transformation will reach almost $2trn in 2022, with companies allocating 10% of their revenue to fuel their digital strategies. This suggests that more and more industries are recognising that the key to their ongoing success lies in the exploration of the latest digital trends and technologies, and that these must be factored into forward planning. The legal sector, usually perceived as one of the more traditional industries, is no exception, and is also starting to realise that time is not standing still, and innovation is crucial to its future success.

However, achieving this sort of innovation is no mean feat. For example, at Fletchers Solicitors we had long been keen to implement an AI-based project that would help to revolutionise the way we work and the level of service we provide to our customers. However, having explored the viability of doing

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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

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NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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