Virtually there - extract from 'The Lawyer'

The high-volume high street market, the middle ground pitched at small and medium-sized business and the top-end corporate law services all use different e-strategies, but commoditisation is a common theme.

With document assembly software such as the market-leading HotDocs system developed by Capsoft, lawyers have no real excuse to continually reinvent the wheel when providing clients with services that can be easily automated.

Russell Shepherd at Capsoft warns that ultimately, developments in technology mean, "Lawyers who are glorified form-fillers, and who charge excessive fees for routine production of documents, are going to have a hard time".

Helen Power. Research analyst at World Markets Regulatory Analysis, part of World Markets Online