How effective reporting can transform performance

Law firms are performance-driven environments. Firms are always looking for ways to improve the way they operate. Investing in legal software is one method a lot of firms use, finding high-performing staff is another. The top-performing firms make sure they do both. Effective performance reporting is a vital way to monitor how your organisation is […]

How can PitchPerfect help you with monitoring your success rates and improving your bid process?

With PitchPerfect’s included PitchTracker module, recording information is easy, allowing effective tracking of past and present pitch documents. The PitchTracker pane, which is completely configurable for your firms reporting requirements, enables you to capture information about the pitch, such as: Submission Deadlines Won/Lost Lead Person Hours spent Opportunity value Client, Sector, Service Line, Office, Region, Team […]

Advancing the law firm IT function: How clients, the firm and IT pros all win

The number-one law firm IT challenge heading into 2019 had nothing to do with acquiring bigger servers or faster networks. The top law firm IT issue for this year was the strategic challenge of change management, according to the International Legal Technology’s Association 2018 Legal Technology Survey. The ILTA survey report describes an evolution in the […]

Is cloud cost out of control?

Recent reports indicate cloud cost control is becoming a major issue for businesses. Focussed on moving storage and compute quickly to the Cloud, drawn in by attractive pricing created by competition between providers, many businesses are now surprised at the spiralling cost. Despite a determination to cut infrastructure expenses, spending on public cloud is now […]

Quill’s “Quillathlon” charity fundraiser

With Cancer Research UK as its charity of the year, Quill’s in-house voluntary charity committee has been busy planning 2019’s main fundraiser aptly named a “Quillathlon”. Beginning on 7th September and continuing to 22nd September, the Quill team intends to ‘travel’ to its furthest-away client which is Falklands Legal located in the Falkland Islands. As […]

Nexa Law adopts Zylpha’s pay as you go bundling for LEAP

Nexa Law has chosen online document bundling software from Zylpha for use with its LEAP case management software. Nexa Law is one of the first practices to sign with Zylpha following the company’s recent announcement of a formal partnership with LEAP UK. Zylpha’s Pay-As-You-Go electronic bundling software for LEAP, contains everything needed to create the […]

Tikit signs top 15 accounting firm, Saffery Champness, in NetDocuments deal

London, 18th July 2019 – Tikit, a global provider of technology solutions to professional service firms, today announced that Saffery Champness joined their customer base, with the selection of NetDocuments cloud-based document and email management platform. Top 15 accounting firm, Saffery Champness, was founded in 1855 and have since become one of the UK’s largest […]

Thomson Reuters acquires HighQ

A leading open SaaS platform for professional collaboration Provides secure cloud-based environment, connecting law firms and their corporate customers Expands offerings and leverages Thomson Reuters channels and customer relationships Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced that it has acquired HighQ, a leading collaboration platform for the legal and regulatory market. Based in London with offices in […]

Start-up firm Forever Legal partners with Eclipse to implement Proclaim Practice management solution

Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has today announced that new start-up law firm Forever Legal is implementing the Proclaim Practice Management solution. Established in 2019, Altringham based Forever Legal specialises in equity release, residential conveyancing and probate law. As a new legal practice, Forever Legal required a scalable Practice Management […]

Future-proofing the law firm

Various trends are impacting law firms in 2019 and there is one common theme – technology. PWC’s Law Firms’ Survey 2018 reported that “100% of Top 10 and 40% of Top 11–25 firms view technology as the key challenge facing the legal sector over the next 2 years.” Cybersecurity and data protection The PWC Information Security Breaches […]