Legal Tech Web Development
Flagship case study: Ax Scribe
A complex large project for a Canadian legal company to translate court recordings from audio files to text documents.
We build bespoke web platforms for legal technology companies and law firms: workflow tools, secure document handling and staff assignment systems that off-the-shelf software cannot deliver.
Our flagship example is Ax Scribe, a complex platform for an international legal technology client. It is not a UK firm, but it demonstrates the kind of accuracy-critical, document-heavy system UK legal tech startups and professional services firms need.
Legal tech challenges we solve
- Accuracy requirements for court and legal documents
- Secure audio and file upload pipelines
- Staff assignment without duplicate task allocation
- Performance tracking and audit trails
- Role-based access and admin panel management
- GDPR-aware data handling for UK deployments
What we delivered on Ax Scribe
After winning the contract against larger agencies, we built a content management system that translated court audio recordings into text documents. The platform included an administration panel, file upload for audio and translated documents, staff job assignment with conflict prevention, and algorithms tracking translation time and word counts for performance reporting.
The original build used CodeIgniter and PHP, appropriate at the time. Today we would architect a legal tech platform with Next.js for the frontend and Go for high-throughput processing and API layers.
Build vs buy for legal SaaS
Off-the-shelf legal software covers common cases but struggles with bespoke workflows, integration requirements and branding. A custom build costs more upfront but gives you ownership of the codebase, cleaner security boundaries and a product shaped to your exact process.
Read the full Ax Scribe case study for technical detail, or contact us to discuss your legal tech project.
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Legal Tech Web Development FAQs
Do you understand GDPR for UK legal platforms?
Yes. We build with GDPR-aware data handling, secure file storage, access controls and audit trails. Requirements vary by use case; we scope compliance needs during discovery.
Can you handle sensitive legal documents securely?
Yes. We implement encrypted uploads, role-based access, secure admin panels and hardened hosting. On Ax Scribe we built accuracy-critical document and audio pipelines for a legal technology client.
Should we build custom legal software or buy off-the-shelf?
Off-the-shelf suits standard workflows. Custom development makes sense when you need bespoke integrations, branded client portals or processes that generic tools cannot model.