Are electronic signatures valid?

So, you’ve got a document you need signed by two separate parties. These parties could be opposite sides of the country or even the world! What do you do? Do you send it in the post to one party, wait for them to sign it and return it to you to send on to the […]

Manders Law implements Eclipse’s Compact Practice Management system to enhance client care

New city-based start-up Manders Law, a high net worth family law specialist is implementing the Compact Practice Management system from Eclipse, the Law Society’s sole Endorsed legal software provider. Manders Law was established in 2018 by leading family law specialist Mary-Ann Wright. The firm intends to make legal services in family law more transparent and […]

DPS Software selected for G-Cloud 10

DPS Software is happy to confirm that we have once again achieved G Cloud Supplier Status under the Governments Crown Commercial Service. Our Legal Software Solutions have now been available via the digital marketplace for a number of years and several local authority legal teams have taken the opportunity to procure our software in this […]

DPS proud to sponsor Lawyers in Local Government awards

DPS is once again sponsoring one of most prestigious and coveted individual award, “Lawyer of the Year”. According to the Lawyers in Local Government website this award will “recognise outstanding achievement by a local authority lawyer/team demonstrating innovative and practical approaches to the governance of local authorities including openness, transparency, accountability and resilience.” The Lawyers […]

DPS competition winner enjoys Spitfire experience

Earlier this year DPS Software ran a competition to win a Spitfire Experience at The Imperial War Museum in Duxford. The experience included flying ‘wing to wing’ with a Spitfire in a 1940’s de Havilland Dragon Rapide, entry to the Imperial War Museum and a souvenir photograph alongside the Spitfire. The lucky winner was Charlotte […]

DPS Live 2018 brochure available online

In May of 2018 DPS Software hosted our annual User Group event at The IBM Client Centre in London. We do this to allow our current clients to keep up to date on what we are doing as a company, the recent enhancements to our software and to give them the chance to provide us […]

PG Legal selects the Proclaim Practice Management system to enhance client care and support growth

Highly regarded commercial law specialist, PG Legal, has implemented the Law Society endorsed Proclaim Practice Management Software solution from Eclipse Legal Systems, the UK’s leading legal software provider. Established in 2011 and specialising in commercial property transactions, PG Legal has grown to provide a range of legal services to businesses of all sizes and sectors […]

Clients and staff enjoy DPS Live 2018

DPS Software held their annual user group meeting at the IBM Client Centre in central London this month. The day is designed for current DPS Clients to network with each other and DPS staff and to ensure they are kept up to date with all the latest enhancements and amendments made to the software. It’s […]

A disbursement or not a disbursement – that is the question

You may have heard recently about the case of Brabners LLP v HMRC where the tribunal judge held that electronic property search fees could not be labelled disbursements for VAT purposes, leaving Brabners with a hefty £68,000 VAT bill and law firm accounting departments across the country with sweaty palms. So where does the decision […]

Eclipse announces new functionality to cater for the Precedent S Electronic Bill of Costs

Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society’s endorsed legal IT provider, has announced updated functionality in its Proclaim solution to enable firms to utilise the new Electronic Bill of Costs. In April 2018 a new format was introduced for the billing of personal injury matters, mandated for completion via the new ‘Precedent S’ electronic bill.  The […]