Cutting tedious legal research with intelligent search engine

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. Lawyers said it has reduced their research time by 30 to 60 per cent, meaning they can handle more cases. "A junior litigation lawyer spends 35 per cent of his time every day doing research," said Mr Chang.