Benefits of using Electronic Signatures in the Legal Industry EXECUTIVE SUMMARYSummary This paper is a summary of a larger report ‘The Financial and Environmental Impact of Digitising Paper Documents in the Legal Industry’, conducted by the University of Liverpool and E-Sign (UK) Ltd. The full copy is available to download here. The Law Firm that participated in the study is a UK 100 law firm (referred to as ‘The Law Firm’). Over a 12 month period after digitising the sending and receiving of new ‘matters’ to new and current clients, The Law Firm has made the following savings: • Financial savings of £284,840 • Reduced signature turnaround time from 21 to 3 days • Reduction in use of 1.4 million pieces of paper • Carbon emission reduction of 8,258 CO 2 e 2 3E- Sign Ltd E-Sign is

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