In the UK, much of last year’s legal technology innovation seems to have been implemented at the country’s largest law firms. The focus has been on improving communication and access to information for practitioners, clients and contractors alike.

The potential for IT to streamline the legal profession runs far broader than the top end of the solicitors’ profession. This year many projects aiming to modernise the Government and the courts are coming to fruition and some of these may affect the IT strategy of every firm in the country.