Legal Technology for Law Firms: Determining Roadmaps for Innovation

Introduction

In 2016, Linklaters and Pinsent Masons confirmed their investment decision in independent
office automatons, to be somewhat more specific; Verify has been developed by Linklaters, a
computer program that would check client names for banks through 14 UK and European
regulatory registers. The company claimed it could nightly process millions of pages "(Financial
Times 2016). Linklaters and Pinsent Masons are in good company: the new BDO Law Firm
Leadership Study (polling 50 major law firms' managing partners and senior partners) reports
that 'articipatory intelligence (AI) would have the biggest effect, with many claiming it will
substitute lawyers' jobs or strip off a significant amount of jobs and profit from law firms. In this
sense, art specific intelligence as a concept needs some clarification, as it is sometimes used as a
buzzword of evolving material, particularly in media and marketing. It is also questionable in the
context of the latter reference whether BDO's Law Firm Leadership Survey does indeed intend to
refer to AI in its analytical significance. In reality, as Russell has pointed out, from the computer
science viewpoint, whereas AI is a subclass of powerful (human-formed) and poor (non-human-
formed) AI, there are secondary "imitative thought and reasoning skills, without necessarily
possessing such skills" (Ben-Ariet, 2017).

In the sense of legal profession and legal automatons, and law and software, genuinely human-
like acting system is far from being possible or even under imminent growth, and thus we talk
only of poor AI and this also only in the three fields of machine learning, natural language
processing and big data, because there is currently a paradigm shift in terms of qualitative
processing in the field. This doesn't mean that certain many innovative software applications
don't basically make a contribution to the transmitted signal in the legal services industry, as
technology is just one of three drivers of this change (Susskind, 2014) which would combine to
radically and internationally transform the legal landscape. This doesn't mean that certain many
innovative software applications don't basically make a contribution to the transmitted signal in
the legal services industry, as technology is just one of three drivers of this change (Susskind
2014) which would combine to radically and internationally transform the legal landscape. That
being said, these techniques would only fully unleash their comprehensive impact in
combination with different additional aspects: one would be the increasing cost pressures on
lawyers, or, in short, the "more for much less challenge". The second is a direct result of the
liberalization of legal services and, in specific, the ability of non-lawyers to compete on the legal
market. One aspect in which a human mind will maintain its supremacy for a long time is rooted
in the general distinction among law as authority and law as legitimacy; those most sophisticated
cases are to be decided, the less exclusively the concept of law as authority can provide
comprehensively convincing responses. A judgment, at least for money, is a hollow victory if the
money is not paid and honored. That is why, before and through a lawsuit, a competent attorney
should discuss for you if there would be some problems in imposing a decision and/or an
expense order.

Stages in Filing a Civil Suit

  Filing of the pleadings

In every criminal case, the first thing that occurs is that the complainant issues a formal petition.
This complaint outlines what the defendant did to harm the complainant, whether this damage
calls for legal compensation, and why the lawsuit has jurisdiction over the local court. The
defendant would then file a reply explaining why the complainant is wrong about the
happenings, the causes or the legal justification. Defendants could also file a counter suit that
says complainant intends to give them remuneration instead, turning the lawsuit into some kind
of two-way battle in court. After lawsuit does become formal, both sides must spend time
constructing up the argument by gathering evidence and gathering evidence in formal
depositions. Each side seems to have an obligation to share their information with each other so
that everyone is given the opportunity to respond to new evidence with their own evidence and
arguments. Cases frequently conclude after the time of discovery as one party sometimes lacks
ample proof to support their points, or that it is difficult for the sides to pursue the case. For some
specific types of cases, such as career negligence and construction disputes, there are procedures
called 'pre-action protocols' and a general protocol for all others. Such, loosely define protocols
for exchanging correspondence setting out the argument for and against the allegation and main
information being released. If court proceedings are necessary, the claimant begins by submitting
a claim form to the county court accompanied by a longer document called the 'Particulars of
Claim' or, in simple cases, incorporating it. The appropriate court fee must be paid, and copies
must be provided to the defendant for sending to the court. Defendant has 14 days from receipt
(identified as "service") of the Claim Form and Claim details to file an admission, accompanied
by a proposal to pay where applicable, or an intention to defend. If the above then the
complainant requires a minimum of 28 days from duty to lodge an appeal until the Applicant
accepts unless the court grants another period of time.

 Trial

The court is the lawsuit's main highlight, but most cases rarely make it that stage. Both sides
will present their evidence, witnesses and arguments to a jury to decide during the trial. The jury
will then decide in a civil case that is at fault and how much they should pay based on how much
they can pay, how much fault they are at, and how much the damages are worth. Moving to court
would be dangerous because it will have resolved a simple dispute sooner and juries can be very
volatile. That is where the court makes a decision on the lawsuit. At this point it is worth
pointing out that only a small percentage of cases end up undergoing a trial. That is because if a
convergence of the opinions of all sides on the intensity of their status and their ability to
compromise (sometimes clearly linked) is not clear before the trial, it will also become
noticeable as the case proceeds. Particular when the argument is still being reassessed after all
relevant records and facts have been shared. Settle cases also to avoid the ongoing costs of the
proceedings and the risks of an unfavorable outcome. Upon hearing testimony, the judge must
adjudicate the evidence and settle certain points of rule. He or she must instead determine who
'wins' and 'loses,' but this is not necessarily a simple situation itself: the complainant gains on
certain things, offender on others, and often there is no definite winner. A good solicitor will
now have anticipated the potential scenarios of the trial, both in terms of the judgment and the
costs, and will advise you appropriately even though there are no unpleasant surprises that were
not taken into consideration before risking a trial decision. The Judge will issue a "Judgment"
which is a formal, legally enforceable statement of the claim's result.

 Judgment

The court may offer the verdict on the same day, or may postpone the trial until another day,
after the final arguments. When the court doesn't really give the judgment forthwith, then it will
try to give the judgment inside of 15 days. Even so, if the verdict is not delivered within 30 days
of the final trial, the court will document why. The judgment is signed and dated by the judge,
and both parties are given a copy of the judgment. The judgment contains court decisions on all
the issues which were initially framed by the court. The decision often requires the set-off, the
income from menus or all other arguments to be rendered against any side. The party to whose
benefit the judgment is passed is recognized as the issuer of the order, and the faction to whom
the judgment is passed is named the debtor of the judgment. Whenever a party isn't really
satisfied with the judgment, it may then file a judgment review application. If the court feels that
there are not enough grounds for the review then the application may be rejected. The court
could also reject the implementation if it was predicated on some additional evidence, unless
there is strict proof that the party had previously been unaware of it. Also, if the court receives a
request for review, it must therefore send a notice to the other patty, so that he / she may appear
and present his side. If the implementation is given and a judgment is passed, therefore it cannot
be even farther reviewed.

 Appeal the judgment

A judgment, at least for money, is a hollow victory if the money is not paid and blessed. That is
why, before and through a lawsuit, a competent attorney should discuss for you if there would be
some problems in imposing a decision and/or an expense order. A party may lodge an appeal
against the original decree in appeal court. A report, outlining the reasons for protest, will be
submitted in the appellate court. The appellant may be required to provide the cost of the
security. The court may approve, deny or remit an appeal for changes to the appellant. If court of
appeal finds reason enough to stay on the execution of the decree, it may order to do so. If the
court of appeal considers the petition, it must give a note to the lower court (whose decision is
being appealed) so that it may submit to the court of appeal the documents necessary for the
matter. The appeal tribunal will send notices for the hearing day and will rehear the case. The
appeals court might well, in its judgment, confirm, vary, or reverse the original decree.

Conclusion

For more than fty years,

automatisation of legal services has
occupied
a growing share of the tasks of legal
professionals, resulting in today’s
situation in which especially
discovery, legal search, generation of
documents, creation of briefs and
memoranda, and predictive analytics
are, to a sufcient degree, technically
performable by machines
For more than fty years,
automatisation of legal services has
occupied
a growing share of the tasks of legal
professionals, resulting in today’s
situation in which especially
discovery, legal search, generation of
documents, creation of briefs and
memoranda, and predictive analytics
are, to a sufcient degree, technically
performable by machines
For more than fifty years, the automation of legal services has occupied a growing part of the
tasks of legal professionals, leading to the current situation in which, in particular, discovery,
legal search, document generation, the creation of briefings and memoranda and predictive
analysis are technically performable by machines to a sufficient extent. Lawyers embrace such
cost-effectiveness innovations (time, human resources), and community appreciates emerging
tools because they tend to eliminate extra-judicial elements in the cycle of maintaining the rule
of law (politics, ideologies) and, beyond that, have greater consistency to legal judgments. On
the other hand, the centuries-long and ongoing success of traditional law firms' business models
(which keeps reform motivations low), strictly hierarchical structures in those law firms (which
are usually led by non-digital natives today).

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