The problem
A full attendance note after every will meeting is the firm's evidence of the client's wishes, capacity and freedom from pressure if the will is challenged, but typing it takes time and it slips to the end of the day. If two solicitors hold 30 will meetings a month and each note takes 30 minutes to type, that's 900 minutes, 15 hours a month.
What the AI does
Straight after the meeting the solicitor dictates into the Philips SpeechLive phone app. The Legal AI Assistant turns the dictation into a structured draft using a template you choose or create (who attended, the client's wishes, how capacity was assessed, who else was in the room), and the solicitor checks and corrects it before saving it to the file. SpeechLive's legal bundles include speech recognition trained on legal terminology. The note records what the solicitor saw and heard; the software only drafts it.
A worked example
A wills and probate firm in Exeter with two solicitors holds about 30 will meetings a month. Each solicitor dictates on a phone straight after the client leaves and checks the Legal AI Assistant's draft against their handwritten notes before filing it.
Before
30 minutes to type each attendance note, often the next day: 15 hours a month
After
About 12 minutes to dictate and check each draft, the same day: 6 hours a month
What it's worth
About $718£540€643A$1,037C$1,015 a month of solicitor time, if that time is worth $80£60€71A$115C$113 an hour: 18 minutes saved on each of 30 notes is 540 minutes, 9 hours. The Legal AI Assistant bundle is $53£40€48A$77C$75 per user a month billed annually, excluding VAT, so $106£80€95A$154C$150 for two solicitors. That is an introductory price for 2026; the page shows $76.34£57.40€68.31A$110.21C$107.91 a user from 2027, about $153£115€137A$221C$216 for two.
How to set it up
- Start the 14-day free trial with one solicitor and set up an attendance note template that matches your firm's will file checklist.
- Dictate within an hour of each meeting: the client's wishes, who attended, how capacity was assessed and anything that worried you.
- Check every line of the draft against your handwritten notes and correct it before it goes on the file. The solicitor signs off the note.
- Ask SpeechLive where UK customers' dictations are hosted and for its data processing terms, and record your COLP's approval.
- After a month, compare the notes with ones typed before and adjust the template.
What goes wrong
- A draft can tidy up what was said, add a fact or drop a doubt about capacity. In a will dispute the note is evidence, so it must say what actually happened.
- The $53£40€48A$77C$75 price is an introductory 2026 offer billed annually. Budget for $76.34£57.40€68.31A$110.21C$107.91 a user from 2027.
- Dictations contain health and family details. Check the hosting location and access controls under UK GDPR before using live matters.
- Where the client's capacity is in doubt, a good note is no substitute for a medical opinion.