TORONTO, Canada and ILTA '05, PHOENIX, AZ, Aug. 23, 2005 - Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM), a leading global provider of integrated enterprise content management (ECM) and network connectivity solutions, today announced that Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) for Legal, its proactive compliance framework for practice management, continues to gain momentum in the marketplace as more and more law firms take steps to enhance their compliance infrastructure.

Leading law firms worldwide have discovered the value Hummingbird Enterprise for Legal offers their organizations. The end-to-end matter lifecycle management environment within Microsoft Outlook and Web browsers lets fee earners work the way they want to work, offering simplified access to work product, conflicts research, records, e-mail, docketing, and know-how systems.

Hummingbird's end-to-end matter lifecycle management solutions have been adopted by 74% of the AmLaw 50 law firms, 70% of the AmLaw 100 law firms and 67% of AmLaw 200 law firms, including the largest firm in the world. According to the International Legal Technology Association's 2004 Technology Survey, Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) DM leads in market share for document management software and LegalKEY(R) Practice Support is the leader in records management solutions for the world's largest law firms.

"Hummingbird's unique, end-to-end compliance framework is the fundamental value proposition we bring to law firms today. Our high value solution addresses a growing market requirement and a key driver in the legal community as law firms and legal departments must demonstrate they have a solid compliance infrastructure in place," said Barry Litwin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hummingbird Ltd. "This makes the purchase of a compliance solution highly strategic for legal environments, and is driving considerable growth in demand for Hummingbird Enterprise for Legal. No other software vendor offers this functionality."

Avoiding conflicts of interest includes respecting jurisdictional mandates as outlined by government agencies and legal societies. Law firms must comply with security and privacy mandates including EU Privacy Laws and US Safe Harbor; International Regulatory Lists (OFAC/SDN in the US and OFSI in Canada); and HIPAA and PIPEDA. Client governance mandates include Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC 17a and NASD 3010 and FDA 21 CFR Part 11.

Addressing Compliance and Risk Issues

Hummingbird's client-matter intake, conflicts resolution and records management solution seamlessly integrate into its core Hummingbird Enterprise document management and collaboration offerings, allowing law firms to implement an end-to-end compliance platform that satisfies the most stringent requirements. Attorneys and support staff can focus on matter-centric tasks while compliance tools centralize and automate governance processes to manage work product throughout the matter lifecycle.

LegalKEY(R) Practice Support Solutions, integral components of Hummingbird Enterprise for Legal, complement a law firm's existing technologies and business practices, thereby enabling the firm to bill faster, mitigate risks, streamline processes, improve efficiency and become better organized.

LegalKEY Records Management(TM) delivers unrivalled value to law firm customers looking to manage both physical and electronic records from a single system. Legal teams can find information anywhere within the firm, across any application, streamlining the matter lifecycle management process. Simple capture of work in progress, e-mail communications and records via drag-and-drop to matter folders automatically applies records retention policies.

LegalKEY New Business Intake(TM) and LegalKEY Conflicts Management(TM) enable firms to strike the perfect balance between the need to take on new business as quickly as possible and the mandate to mitigate the firm's risk, ensuring that only the right business is undertaken. LegalKEY Critical Dates Management(TM) enables proactive subscription and update to court rules databases for all jurisdictions in which the firm practices. Changes in court calendar dates are automatically propagated, saving time and helping to ensure compliance.

According to a recent research report from Gartner Inc.(1), "A sustainable and affordable compliance framework must be underpinned by appropriate IT systems. Many of the necessary IT components (for example, Web-based services, content management, document management, workflow management and desktop integration services) may already be in place, but they must be integrated and standardized across the business. There must be a repository that contains details of every process, control and risk. Making the repository contents available will ensure that everyone knows who owns each element. IT systems must be able to deliver the relevant tasks to the appropriate owners - and by role, if possible."

Hummingbird will be demonstrating Hummingbird Enterprise for Legal with LegalKEY Practice Support solutions at booth No. 318/320 at the International Legal Technology Association '05 conference to be held August 22-25 at Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix, AZ.

About LegalKEY(R) Practice Support Solutions

LegalKEY Practice Support Solutions were developed to improve the way that information flows and is utilized in law firms. The LegalKEY Practice Support suite includes Records Management(TM), Conflicts Management(TM), New Business Intake(TM) and Critical Dates Management(TM) - all fully integrated to enable consistent creation, use and maintenance of client/matter information. Additionally, the LegalKEY suite integrates with leading e-mail, imaging, time and billing, case management and document management systems including Hummingbird Enterprise(TM).

About Hummingbird Enterprise(TM)

Hummingbird Enterprise provides an integrated platform for enterprise content management that provides global organizations with solutions to manage business interaction information such as documents, records, virtual deal room exchanges, discussions, email or financial data - linking business processes, information and people. Hummingbird's solutions are designed as modular applications that are fully interoperable with each other, enabling customers to incrementally build an enterprise content management solution to meet their evolving information needs in a cost effective manner.

About Hummingbird

Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM) is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions. The Company's enterprise software solutions fall into two principal categories: enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, and network connectivity solutions. Hummingbird's ECM solutions enable organizations to manage the lifecycle of enterprise content from creation to disposition, thereby enabling organizations to address critical business needs, such as information management, business continuity, compliance and risk mitigation. The network connectivity solutions provide a comprehensive set of core network technologies that enables the enterprise to connect to any type of legacy system.

Founded in 1984, Hummingbird employs over 1,525 people and serves more than 33,000 customers, including 90% of Fortune 100. Hummingbird solutions are sold directly from 40 offices worldwide and through an Alliance Network of partners and resellers. For more information, visit http://www.hummingbird.com

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    (1) Gartner Research Note of February 2, 2005 entitled: "Management
        Update: Compliance Management Solutions Can Create Improved Business
        Performance," written by Edward Younker, with analyst sources from
        Gartner Research Vice Presidents: Carol Rozwell, John Bace, Lane
        Leskela