Advisers are coming under pressure to submit paperless electronic bills it has emerged, with the BBC, Microsoft and GlaxoSmithKline among the pioneering clients calling on law firms to adopt socalled ‘e-billing’.

The BBC and Microsoft have both called on firms to submit e-bills, respectively through ‘clearing houses’ OB10 and Datacert. Firms to have adopted the process for the clients include Richards Butler for the BBC and Wragge & Co for Microsoft.