Cutting tedious legal research with intelligent search engine

Legal research can be the bane of every lawyer and law student's existence. From poring over textbooks in law libraries to trawling through cases online and offline to prepare for submissions, it is a process that can take hours. To ease the burden, a group of local entrepreneurs - some of whom are former lawyers - have designed a website that helps lawyers search faster, keep notes and organise their research better. Launched in January, Intelllex, meaning "intelligent law", has already attracted more than 1,000 users - about half of whom are lawyers and the rest law students. The service is currently free, but a subscription fee is likely to be introduced next year.