Lawhive
Lawhive Ltd · HQ GB · founded 2020 · Last checked 2026-10-05
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Online law firm platform: Lawhive Ltd routes matters to SRA-regulated affiliate Lawhive Legal Ltd and, in the US, Arizona-licensed Lawhive Legal US, LLC; 30,000+ clients; fixed-fee and hourly work.
Provisional entry: fewer than four governance facts are sourced yet. It is excluded from search indexes until verified.
- Category
- Consumer legal · online solicitor marketplace, AI-assisted case handling, fixed-fee services, SRA-regulated ABS
- Built for
- Consumers, Small firms & solos
- Model providers (disclosed)
- Not disclosed
- Data residency options
- outside EEA, cloud data-centre location not controlled
- Pricing
- usage
- Markets
- UK, US
- Last checked
- 05 Oct 2026
What the vendor documents
Recorded from the vendor's own trust, privacy and terms pages. "Not disclosed" means we found no public statement, not that the control is absent.
What the public documentation states
Lawhive's UK site describes a modern law firm with 300+ lawyers and 30,000+ clients, and says it combines experienced lawyers with technology. Its footer and terms say Lawhive Ltd is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice, and that its network includes affiliate Lawhive Legal Ltd, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The US site says Lawhive Legal US, LLC is licensed by the Arizona Supreme Court (licence 70122) and co-counsels with local firms outside Arizona. The privacy policy names Lawhive Ltd as controller and covers matter details, call recordings, identity, financial and case data. It says external third parties may process personal data in the cloud where data-centre location cannot be controlled, that EEA data may be transferred outside the EEA, and that user data is typically kept for six years after a person stops being a user. No named model provider, sub-processor list, certification, DPA, public price list or accuracy claim was published on the pages checked on 2026-10-05; the homepages did not describe how AI is used in matter handling.
In the vendor's words
“Lawhive Ltd is not a law firm and does not provide any legal advice.”
“Lawhive Legal Ltd is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority”
“in the Cloud in circumstances where the location of data centres cannot be controlled by us”
“for a period of 6 years after they have ceased to be a user”
Not disclosed on public pages
"Not disclosed" records that no public statement was found where we looked, on the date shown. It does not assert that the control, term or figure is absent.
Not published on the pages we read on 2026-10-05: a description of AI use in matter handling, a DPA, named model providers, a named sub-processor list, privacy or terms update dates, list price, free trial, minimum term, seat minimum, SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, encryption at rest, customer-data training limits, private deployment, SAML SSO, zero retention, accuracy claim and accuracy method. These points support client-confidentiality review, SRA supervision records, GDPR Art. 28 processor terms and DPIA transfer analysis.
Questions to put to the vendor
- Which AI model providers or other processors handle Case Data, call recordings and identity documents?
- Which cloud regions may hold personal data when Lawhive says data-centre location cannot be controlled?
- Can Lawhive provide processor terms matching GDPR Art. 28 for platform data and solicitor interactions?
- Can the six-year retention period be shortened for closed matters or deleted accounts?
- What price, minimum term and refund terms apply before a user submits a matter?
- Has any SOC 2, ISO 27001 or ISO 42001 audit covered the Lawhive platform?
Accuracy evidence
No published accuracy or hallucination evaluation found as of 2026-10-05.
Related incidents
No incidents are recorded for this tool as of 2026-10-05.
Ownership · $40M Series A (Dec 2024); $60M Series B (Feb 2026) led by Mitch Rales with GV, Balderton and TQ Ventures; >$100M raised. Cyber Essentials badge shown.
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SafeLegalAI Legal Tech Tools, "Lawhive", safelegalai.com/tools/lawhive (last checked 2026-10-05, accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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