Join LawTech UK in Cardiff to celebrate ambitious early-stage startups from our LawtechUK programme in Wales and the wider UK, as they take the stage to share their vision for transforming legal services. We’ll also be joined by law firm owners and legal transformation specialists.
Get inspired by fresh ideas, bold founders, and emerging innovations shaping the future of law, with panels including an AI focus theme led by Legal News Wales.
Agenda
11:00 – 11:30: Arrival and registration
11:30 – 11:35: Welcome by LawtechUK:
Beth Fellner, Director, Legal Geek
11:35 – 11:45: Breaking the Procurement Trap – Cybersecurity and Smarter Vendor Choices
Damon Rands, Founder & CEO, PureCyber
11:45 – 12:00: Fireside Chat: From Paper to Paperless – A Welsh SME Success Story
Adam Curtis, Founder, Hoowla, and Robert Paul Dudden, Founder & Managing Director, Dudden Law Solicitors
12:00 – 12:10: The State of Welsh Legal Tech
Clive Thomas, Managing Director, Watkins & Gunn & Head of the LegalTech Group, Cardiff & District Law Society
12:10 – 12:50: Lawtech Showcases
12:50 – 13:05: Building Your Innovative Tech Roadmap – A Strategic Approach:
Rachel Barnes, Director of Business Transformation, Irwin Mitchell and Eleanor Windsor, Director of Knowledge Management, Irwin Mitchell
13:05 – 13:40: Panel: AI for SMEs: Separating Reality from Hype, with Legal News Wales.
Panel:
- Chair: Emma Waddingham, Founder & Editor, Legal News Wales
- Hannah Newbury (Director & Solicitor, Alun Jones Family Law)
- Rupert Poole, Chief Technology Officer, Hugh James
- Ben Short, Head of Tech and Transformation, Blake Morgan
- Simon Drinkwater, Founder, The HR Partnership – Your People and AI Conscience
- Claire Cooper, Solicitor & Transformation Lead, Acuity Law
13:40 – 13:50: LawtechUK SME Matchmaking Tool
13:50 – 15:00: Networking & Lunch
Details
- Who: Anyone interested in legal innovation
- When: Wednesday 26 November 2025
- Where: The Parkgate Hotel, Westgate Street, Cardiff, CF10 1DA
- Timings: 11.00am – 1.50pm. Networking and lunch until 3.00pm
- This event is in-person only.
- Dress code: no dress code, come as you feel comfortable!
Register your free place
View speaker profiles and register your free place here.
Host:
Event delivered by Legal Geek for the Ministry of Justice.
