Corporate disputes used to reward patience, paperwork and whoever could afford the longest war of attrition. That era is closing. Early case assessment, legal technology and AI-compatible practice systems are shifting the advantage to the side that finds the truth first, acts commercially and settles before litigation becomes a balance-sheet infection.
There’s a sacred, unwritten
By June, the energy of the financial year-end is well behind you. The plans and projections made at the start of the year have transitioned from ideas into daily practice and the new financial year has settled into its true rhythm.
For most law firms, June is a significant milestone. It is the first time
Organisations continue to invest heavily in digital transformation, yet many still struggle to achieve the outcomes they expected. According to McKinsey, around 70% of transformation programmes fail to meet their objectives, despite significant investment in technology.
For Grant Phillips, Group CEO of e4, the reason is both simpler and more complex than organisations
We are living in a time of unprecedented technological shifts. For years, the ‘law firm chatbot’ was a novelty, a simple script designed to capture basic contact information. But today, with the rapid ascent of generative AI and agentic workflows, the landscape has fundamentally changed.
In an era where AI can draft complex motions and
In an era where AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude power everything from research to decision making, one persistent problem undermines trust: hallucinations. These are confident, plausible sounding answers that are simply wrong, fabricated facts, unchallenged assumptions, or over-eager agreement with flawed user premises. Traditional single model AI often delivers these errors with unwavering certainty,
Introduction
In today’s digital marketplace, the battle for consumer attention is fought not only on store shelves but also on search engines. With Google Ads enabling businesses to bid on competitors’ trade marks as keywords, an important question arises: does this constitute legitimate competition or unlawful exploitation?
Industry estimates suggest that Google processes approximately 16.4 billion
Effective 1 July 2026. CPI reference: January 2026, 3.5%.
The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) has released its updated Guideline of Fees for conveyancing work, covering both conventional deeds (Deeds Registries Act 47/1937) and sectional titles (Sectional Titles Act 95/1986). Below is a complete, easy-to-navigate summary of the guideline — including the fee schedules,
As the 31 July deadline approaches for certain Accountable Institutions, nCino KYC Africa continue to receive an overwhelming number of questions. So they are back with a follow-up webinar, dedicated entirely to answering those questions and giving you the practical clarity you need before the 31 July deadline.
Join nCino KYC team as they unpack
Herewith feedback following our meeting of 4 June 2026