Case Study: Enact reduces abortive leasehold work with Orbital Witness AI

Enact discovered how to triage their leasehold instructions using AI

Enact, a UK conveyancing specialist handling a quarter of the nation's remortgage transactions, faced the challenge of early transaction aborts due to problematic leases. These issues, including lease defects or non-compliance with lender requirements, resulted in significant non-billable hours and costs. To solve this, Enact partnered with legaltech vendor Orbital Witness to implement its AI-powered lease screening product.

The solution from Orbital Witness automatically triaged leases to flag issues requiring rectification. This allowed Enact to advise clients of potential problems on the same day they were instructed. As a result, Orbital Witness helped weed out complete non-starters and provided an early indication of issues in 21% of cases, drastically reducing the time fee-earners spent on non-proceedable transactions.

Enact

Charlotte Local

Legal Director