Website cuts need for legal eagles

Oliver O’Shea, founder, Lawonline.ieMaura Hickey

Name: Oliver O’Shea

Company: Lawonline.ie

The pitch: self-service legal website

Programmer Oliver O’Shea plans to shake up the legal profession by transferring the lengthy, often expensive process of drafting a legal document to a self-service website.

Based in Nenagh, Co Tipperary, O’Shea launched Lawonline.ie last month, with 150 legal documents for businesses and individuals.

He partnered with William J Brennan Solicitors in Ashbourne, Co Meath, to develop legal content for the site.

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