The influx of external investors prompted by the Legal Services Act is set to reinvigorate the use of information technology in law. But are law firms fully prepared to capitalise? John Malpas reports from the Legal Week Strategic Technology Forum

Talk about playing to the crowd. The recent Legal Week Strategic Technology Forum featured a pre-recorded interview between David Morley, senior partner of Allen & Overy, and Jeremy Hand, chairman of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), on the future of legal services.