Ruth Doris: Automating the mounds of paper for the legal eagles

Legal firms have long been associated with mounds of paper files in dusty offices. Now firms like LexTech are disrupting the industry which is traditionally conservative by streamlining processes through the use of software to drive digitisation, data capture, and automation.

However, far from the idea of robot lawyers, LexTech’s co-founder and managing director Karl Manweiler says that technology can improve business by automating repetitive tasks to allow more time to be spent on high-value jobs and on fostering client relationships.