Ashurst Pro Bono lawyers have developed a tool for our NGO clients that helps generate structured and concise first draft witness statements from a simple online questionnaire. This statement is designed specifically to respond to a UK Home Office Statement of Intent referring to Category 2 refugee assessment. test updated

This tool helps NGOs support UK refugees by producing witness statements.

Every legal project requires efficient communication and coordination; which is why we commonly deploy our cloud-based file sharing, project management and collaboration platform to create secure online work-spaces for internal and external project teams to collaborate and work together online. This collaboration platform creates a single source of truth that streamlines client engagement and the delivery of legal services by providing quick and easy access to matter related documents, tasks, events, know-how and data. Automated workflows reduce manual intervention and important project metrics and KPIs can be surfaced in reporting dashboards.

Online workspaces for Ashurst clients for agile matter management, collaboration and delivery.

Privilege Plus asks a series of questions and, based on the answers, indicates whether a document is likely to be privileged or not under English law. It looks at four scenarios – at the point of creation, post-creation, whether a document can be shared, and when without prejudice privilege applies. The app assumes a basic understanding of the concept of legal professional privilege. If a refresher of the key principles is required, we recommend you read our Quickguide. The concept of legal professional privilege is a difficult one and its application is always fact dependent. The app can only give users a steer as to whether a document is privileged or not and whether privilege has been lost. If definitive advice is required, we recommend you contact your usual Ashurst contact or any of our London dispute resolution partners.

The competition team, in conjunction with Ashurst Advance Digital, have launched a dawn raid app which provides businesses with support preparing for and undergoing a raid by the competition authorities. The app is free to download from the App Store or Google Play with no registration needed, and it provides a structured set of key response actions and materials to help all those involved in the raid respond appropriately during what can be a stressful and pressurised event. The app provides coverage of the following regulatory authorities and jurisdictions: EU: European Commission UK: Competition and Markets Authority Germany: Bundeskartellamt France: Autoritié de la concurrence Spain: Comision Nacional de los Mercadaos y la Competencia Italy: Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato Belgium: Autorite belge de la Concurrence and Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit. Full details available in the App Store.

Help and support preparing for and undergoing a raid by competition authorities.

With more people working remotely now more than ever, our e-signature platform enables the execution of legal documents without needing to print, sign and scan. Documents are uploaded, added to envelopes for signing and then tagged where the signatory needs to sign, initial or date. A link to the envelope or document is then sent securely via email to the recipient, who through a guided process can sign the documents online by applying an electronic signature. A document history and certificate of completion provide a full audit trail of all activity.

Quick and efficient contract approval and execution with electronic signatures.