Hong Kong Legal Cloud:

Tools for the legal and DR community

Developed by eBRAM as a cybersecure-by-design and privacy-by-design platform for the local legal and dispute resolution communities, the Hong Kong Legal Cloud provides users with secure, affordable and user-friendly services for:

  • document storage and exchange
  • secure machine-learning enabled translation
  • video conferencing
  • e-signing
  • legal research

Free subscription for Eligible Users.

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Hong Kong Legal Cloud:

Tools for the legal and DR community

Developed by eBRAM as a cybersecurity-by-design and privacy-by-design platform for the local legal and dispute resolution communities, the Hong Kong Legal Cloud provides users with secure, affordable and user-friendly services for:

  • document storage and exchange
  • secure machine-learning enabled translation
  • video conferencing
  • e-signing
  • legal research

Free subscription for Eligible Users.

Services

The Hong Kong Legal Cloud, jointly built by lawyers and IT specialists, is the first cloud-based document platform tailored to the unique needs of the legal and dispute resolution communities, particularly those who work in small and medium-sized firms. Equipped with advanced technologies, the Hong Kong Legal Cloud provides users with affordable online LawTech services that might otherwise only be available to practitioners working in larger law firms and chambers.

Document storage and exchange platform

The Hong Kong Legal Cloud provides users with a platform with bank-grade security suitable for the storing and sharing of documents between users and other parties.

  • Up to 100GB online storage per user
  • Intuitive document upload, foldering and sharing facility
  • Equipped with bank-grade encryption and blockchain technology for secure data storage and to guard against tampering (a full Privacy Impact Assessment and a Security Risk Assessment have been completed)
  • Files are stored securely in Hong Kong data centres with high data availability (with regard to service uptime, data protection and disaster recovery)
  • Authenticated external user access and shared file folders with access expiry

Legal document storage and exchange

The Hong Kong Legal Cloud provides users with a platform with bank-grade security suitable for the storing and sharing of legal documents between users and other parties.

  • Up to 100GB online storage per user
  • Intuitive document upload, foldering and sharing facility
  • Equipped with bank-grade encryption and blockchain technology for secure data storage and to guard against tampering (a full Privacy Impact Assessment and a Security Risk Assessment have been completed)
  • Files are stored securely in Hong Kong data centres with high data availability (with regard to service uptime, data protection and disaster recovery)
  • Authenticated external user access and shared file folders with access expiry

Hong Kong legal research platform

eBRAM has partnered with world-class legal content provider to provide users with direct access to conduct research in a comprehensive legal research platform containing the latest legislation, case law and commentary. Equipped with an intuitive and user-friendly interface which allows users to search across the full content, applying incisive filters to narrow down results and streamline their research.

Hong Kong legal research platform

eBRAM has partnered with world-class legal content provider to provide users with direct access to conduct research in a comprehensive legal research platform containing the latest legislation, case law and commentary. Equipped with an intuitive and user-friendly interface which allows users to search across the full content, applying incisive filters to narrow down results and streamline their research.

Secure Machine Translation

Users can upload their documents to the Legal Cloud translation service, which uses machine-learning enabled translation to translate documents to and from 15 major Asian, Middle Eastern and European languages.

  • Languages – Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Filipino, French, German, Portuguese
  • Users will receive an email with a link to the translated documents once completed
  • Users also have the option to save and share the translated documents via the Document Exchange Platform
  • If required, users have the option of requesting human professional translation services at an additional cost

Secure Machine Translation

Users can upload their documents to the Legal Cloud translation service, which uses machine-learning enabled translation to translate documents to and from 15 major Asian, Middle Eastern and European languages.

  • Languages – Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), English, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Filipino, French, German, Portuguese
  • Users will receive an email with a link to the translated documents once completed
  • Users also have the option to save and share the translated documents via the Document Exchange Platform
  • If required, users have the option of requesting human professional translation services at additional cost

Video Conference

Use the integrated, full-featured video conferencing function with in-built automated real-time transcription and translation functionality to create online meetings and save time for preparing meeting notes.

Video Conference

Use the integrated, full-featured video conferencing function with in-built automated real-time transcription and translation functionality to create online meetings and save time for preparing meeting notes.

e-Signing

Sign agreements online anytime, anywhere, with the aid of advanced and highly secure technologies.

e-Signing

Sign agreements online anytime, anywhere, with the aid of advanced and highly secure technologies.

Plan and Pricing

Free subscription for eligible users

The Department of Justice will subsidise the cost of access to the Hong Kong Legal Cloud for eligible local legal and dispute resolution professionals for FREE for up to one year.

A subscriber in Hong Kong, who falls within any of the following categories, may apply for a free subscription:

  • Solicitors admitted in Hong Kong*
  • Barristers who have attained the right to full practice in Hong Kong*
  • Mediators accredited by the HKMAAL
  • Fellow or chartered Arbitrators of HKIArb or CIArb (East Asia Branch)
  • Trainee Solicitors and Pupil Barristers registered in Hong Kong
  • PCLL students at CityU, CUHK or HKU

*or any one of the recognised jurisdictions as stipulated under section 2A and Schedule 2 of the Legal Officers Ordinance (Cap. 87)

The Plan includes:

  • document storage and exchange
  • secure machine-learning enabled translation
  • video conferencing
  • e-signing
  • legal research platform