By Legal Futures Associate Qanooni AI [1]
A UK in-house legal team has cut contract review time by 60% after piloting an AI-assisted drafting and review tool embedded directly in Microsoft Word.
Inspired Thinking Group (ITG), a marketing and technology company, achieved the reduction during a live pilot of legal AI platform Qanooni. Following the pilot, ITG has now adopted the technology as a client.
Since integrating the system with SharePoint and OneDrive, ITG reports an overall 25–30% productivity improvement on comparable contract work.
Evidence-linked drafting
The AI tool operates inside Word, presenting suggested edits through track changes. Each recommendation is supported by citations to legal authority, allowing lawyers to review the underlying source material before deciding whether to accept or amend a change.
The approach was designed to keep lawyers working within familiar tools, rather than requiring the use of a separate drafting or review platform.
Craig Allardice, solicitor and contract manager at Inspired Thinking Group, said the system had a material impact on his workflow.
“Genuinely transformative for my workflow.”
He added that the quality of the AI-supported output was central to the time savings achieved.
“The accuracy, clarity and structure of AI-supported reviews let us turn work around in a fraction of the time, without compromising standards.”
Client adoption following pilot
The 60% time saving was recorded during the pilot phase. ITG has since become a client of Qanooni, rolling the technology into its in-house legal operations with SharePoint and OneDrive integration now in place.
The deployment did not remove the need for legal judgment. Lawyers remained responsible for reviewing and approving all suggested changes, with the AI providing assistance rather than automated decision-making.
The pilot and subsequent rollout provide an example of how in-house legal teams can deploy AI within existing workflows to improve turnaround times while maintaining professional oversight.