Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is to launch a low cost legal services centre in Manchester as part of a new four-strand approach to servicing clients.

In addition to the Manchester centre, which is expected to open in the summer, the new model will also see the firm’s Lawyers On Demand (LOD) business developed to include virtual transaction teams, the use of third parties to cut costs for clients and the expansion of its internal legal process improvement team to analyse and improve processes and workflows for clients.