The founder of Legal Technology Academy is Mr Iman Syah, an LLB Graduate from Hertfordshire University, UK. He is currently an Senior Legal Executive cum Legal Tech Administrator @ AI Research Analyst and Legal Data Analytics with a Law Firm situated in southern Malaysia. He is an expert in IT solutions, cybersecurity, software programming and other IT gigs. He frequently travels to Singapore to provide legal tech consultancy and knowledge management services to small and medium sized private organisations.
Iman Syah is also a Certified Legal Tech Practitioner in Malaysia and Singapore, was formerly a Paralegal at Thomas Philip, He consults matters in AI Legal Intelligence solutions covering Legal and Regulatory Compliance, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy Protection, Legal Knowledge Management, KYC and AML compliance, Legal tools and Workflows, Legal AI e-research and data analytics , AI contract reviews, E-discovery process, Secure Data Handling, Legal Document Drafting in Civil and Commercial Litigation, while pursuing an MBA (AI) at a local institution.
Iman Syah is championing the urgent modernization of our archaic legal system. Media coverage reflects a growing public perception that our legal practice, ethics, and professional standards are stuck in a regressive, counterproductive mindset. Our legal and regulatory environments have fallen far behind other countries and regional peers. Unfortunately, leadership—including the judiciary, MPs, and the Bar Council—remains in denial about the state of the profession. We have missed vital opportunities to evolve because the necessary willpower to change was never there.
Compare to the UK and Australia, the laws that governs the legal profession are more modern and futuristic that is designed to cater for emerging technoligical advancemet.
In many countries, non-lawyers can't own or manage a law firm. In the UK they can, because of the Legal Services Act 2007. In canada non-lawyers could deliver legal services, though firms must still be lawyer-owned
The LSA 2007, created a category called the “alternative business structure” (or ABS) – a law firm that can be owned and managed by non-lawyers, provided it's licensed to carry out one or more reserved legal activities.
s.12 of the Legal Services Act 2007 names a closed list of six activities that only authorised people can do:
1. Rights of audience: The right to stand up in court and address the judge.
2. Conduct of litigation: Issuing and running court proceedings.
3. Reserved instrument activities: Preparing certain formal legal documents involved in transfers of land.
4. Probate activities: Handling the legal side of a deceased person's assets.
5. Notarial activities: Authenticating documents for use abroad.
6. Administration of oaths: Witnessing sworn statements.
Anything outside this list can be done by anyone – qualified lawyer or not.
"From my perspective, the foundational ideals of Aequitas and Iustitia will not be realized in this century. Systemic barriers—namely prohibitive costs and adversarial legal behaviors—consistently prevent marginalized clients from accessing equitable justice."
* This website is still at an early stage of editing and drafting awaiting further input and scrutiny by other academicians and legal professionals and is projected to be fully operational in early 2027.
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