A FORWARD thinking North-East based law firm has beaten global competition to win a national award for innovation after developing a game-changing product.
Newcastle-based law firm for businesses, Muckle LLP, has won a Legal Practice Management (LPM) Practice Excellence Award for Innovation, after teaming up with Sunderland University and Innovative UK to develop a new product that automates part of the firm’s debt recovery process.
The technology, which was developed in-house at Muckle, rapidly speeds up a number of back-office elements behind debt recovery. The new system can set up a debt 15 times faster than it takes a human to perform the same task.
Muckle was the only North-East firm shortlisted at the LPM awards, judged by peers and industry experts, and beat a global law firm to the top spot at the award ceremony held in County Hall in London.
Julie Parr, director of business improvement at Muckle, said: “We’re delighted to be recognised nationally for leading debt recovery and legal innovation amidst such tough competition.
“The recognition of our peers is a fantastic endorsement for our vision for new technologies that will help transform legal services."
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