Merrill Legal Solutions

By combining WordWave’s reporting and transcription experience with Merrill’s document management, electronic disclosure and forensic expertise, we help clients capture, manage and present information both behind the scenes and in the public eye.

Merrill's legal solutions businesses have been providing services to lawyers, the courts and government agencies since 1955 (our oldest contract, The Victorian Supreme Court in Australia). Continued investment in technology, service and people coupled with the acquisition of key "best of breed" niche reporting agencies (Smith Bernal Ltd, National Transcription Services Pty, Court Recording Services Pty, ComputerReporters Pty and Transcripts Australia) gives Merrill an unrivalled platform from which to deliver a range of specialist reporting, document management, hosting and translation services to the legal, government, broadcast and corporate sectors.

Our service portfolio is extensive – from collecting evidence before a trial, transcribing telephone calls or providing a verbatim record of an internal meeting, to sophisticated real-time reporting for high profile public inquiries, or instant Speech to Text conversion for clients who are deaf or hearing impaired.

Our client list is long and varied and includes court services in the UK, Australia and Singapore, major public inquiries (Bloody Sunday, Hutton and Harold Shipman) and top UK and US law firms, as well as media organisations like the BBC, Reuters and Warner Bros, global corporations including Shell and the Ford Motor Company, and public sector bodies such as Metropolitan Police, the Greater London Authority and the Home Office.

Our expertise is unrivalled, with unique in-house training programmes for reporters, technicians and clients, and an extensive network of account managers and technical experts providing hands-on advice and support.

And our reach is global. With offices in London, Dublin, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Christchurch and across the United States, we provide services in 22 countries – not just in Europe and North America but also Bahrain, Korea, Sierra Leone and even Iraq.

Merrill Legal Solutions – Years of experience. Unrivalled expertise. The very latest technology.