How to get more from business meetings

Meetings could be costing your law firm more than you think. The annual cost of meetings, including travel time and cost, is estimated at £16,000 per employee and £637,000 for the average SME. The latest research reveals that an employee attends 207 meetings every year and 139 (67%) of those are a waste of time. Of course, not all meetings […]

Five signs it’s time to upgrade your practice management system

Upgrading a practice management system is a big decision for any law firm. Existing IT systems have often been adapted over many years to fit working practices, staff feel comfortable using them, and there’s always concern that a new practice management system will disrupt day to day business. Also, if the current system isn’t ‘broken’, […]

How reliable is your IT disaster recovery plan?

Last year, British Airways suffered an IT failure which stranded 75,000 passengers, cost up to £150m in compensation and damaged its global reputation. The incident highlighted how essential IT systems are in business today. We need constant access to technology tools and data to do our jobs. What would we do if they were not available? And […]

Oury Clark Solicitors signs up to SOS Connect

A rapid phase of growth has prompted London law firm Oury Clark Solicitors to switch to integrated practice and matter management with SOS Connect from Solicitors Own Software. Oury Clark Solicitors is part of a larger professional services group which also has offices in Slough and includes a team of chartered accountants, and recruitment and financial consultants. “We have […]

How to get your clients to say good things about your law firm

Word of mouth is one of the oldest forms of marketing but still one of the most effective. 89% of us will tell our friends and family about a positive experience with a company and 38% will post about it on social media, according to research by Yonder Digital Group. However, we’re almost (84%) as likely […]

Linetime announces headline sponsorship of legal IT conference for SME law firms

Linetime is pleased to announce they will once again be sponsoring this year’s Alternative Legal IT Conference to be held at The Forest of Arden Country Club on the 25th & 26th September. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the conference the only one totally focused on how IT can support and influence the […]

Bone & Payne signs up to SOS Connect

North Wales law firm Bone & Payne Solicitors has signed up to integrated practice and matter management with SOS Connect from Solicitors Own Software. A full-service firm with offices in Llandudno, Colwyn Bay and Old Colwyn, Bone & Payne opted to change its legal software supplier after more than 20 years with its previous incumbent. “We’d had our previous software package since the mid-1990s and our supplier was really just maintaining the system, and not […]

Are your law firm’s offices too hot?

Summertime – and the living can be less than easy if you have to work in a hot office. And with 80 per cent of UK office workers thought to complain about the temperature in their workplace, it’s hardly a trivial matter, with half of UK offices believed to be too hot during the summer. A hot, sweaty […]

Northern Ireland law firm shares experience of going live with Liberate from Linetime

Leading Northern Ireland law firm Carson McDowell selected Liberate from Linetime as its practice and case management platform for the firm’s future development. The system replaced the firms existing LexisNexis platforms. The selection process reviewed the wider legal software market place and Liberate was selected due to its close fit with the firm’s current needs […]

QualitySolicitors Bradbury Roberts & Raby invest in Liberate from Linetime

As part of the QualitySolicitors network the firm is committed to redefining customer service within the legal marketplace. In order to achieve this ambitious goal the firm identified the need to have processes in place with the client as the focus. An in depth analysis highlighted the need to combine the personal touch of highly […]