A series of irritating accounting mishaps caused by issues with its previous legal accounts package led Dyer & Crowe Licensed Conveyancers to appraise its software options. Tracy Burrell, Partner at Dyer & Crowe, explains: “We’d used our earlier system for close to 20 years. When postings were going amiss fairly frequently due to software flaws, […]

Gardner Leader Solicitors are based in Berkshire, with offices in Newbury, Thatcham and Maidenhead. The firm aims to be at the leading edge when it comes to using legal technology to support client services. As well as offering services to businesses and families, it also offers online products. The solution Typically, Gardner Leader staff had […]

RadcliffesLeBrasseur is a leading UK-based law firm providing business, regulatory, not-for-profit and private legal advice from offices in London, Leeds and Cardiff. The law firm was undergoing a major upgrade of its document management system. As part of this, it was updating its Office word processing software and decided to take the opportunity to refresh […]

When licensed probate practitioner and conveyancer, Francis Parffrey, set up his own practice operating from his home office in Devon three years ago, he recognised exactly which supplier to choose for cashiering support and accounting software. Having made the introduction to Quill in his previous firm, Francis knew that Quill’s were the only solutions to […]

With over 2500 lawyers on six continents, Hogan Lovells needed a highly configurable PMS platform that would allow the firm to effectively manage the global business. To enable this, the firm embarked upon the “Single Finance System” project with the Thomson Reuters Elite 3E platform at the very core of this global implementation. Central to […]

Eclipse Legal Systems, the sole Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, is implementing its Proclaim Case Management Software solution at Cheshire-based insurance company, Carrot Insurance. Based in Crewe, Carrot Insurance was founded in 2012 with two aims – to make the experience of car insurance more rewarding for its customers, and to make the roads […]

Long-time Quill client, Pluck Andrew Solicitors, upgraded from an in-house set-up to hosted practice management and legal accounts system, Interactive, in July 2015. The switchover to the cloud was done so that the practice could benefit from advanced software delivery as well as continue to enjoy Quill’s complementary back-up services which Karen Rayson, accounts manager […]

When Jane Lodeto and Jane Elgar formed their new legal practice, Browns Solicitors, a year ago, they immediately set about requesting quotes from suppliers of legal accounts software. Initially narrowing the search by costs alone, Quill Pinpoint became the forerunner because its charges were lower than the other two shortlisted companies.  Added to this, Quill […]

Setting up a law firm is an exciting time for anyone branching out alone in business. But there’s a lot to consider and paperwork galore. Legal accounts is one such pressing matter. Compliance is essential, whether it’s the SRA Accounts Rules or, for property law specialists, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) Handbook’s Accounts Code. Therefore, when […]

The best time to consider outsourced support is when first setting up your business.  That’s because business owners typically wear lots of hats.  With outsourcing, however, you don’t have to.  Your time is more valuable doing something else – namely, running and growing your company at these crucial early stages – so bringing in an […]

James Parry, Partner at Parry Welch & Lacey LLP, is a strong advocate of change. Originally a DPS Software user, he switched to cloud-hosted Interactive from Quill Pinpoint and drastically reduced costs in the process. “Our guiding aim was to find a more cost-effective solution,” explains James. “Quill’s software-as-a-service model is scalable, both in terms […]

When Basingstoke-based law firm, Brain Chase Coles, lost its long-standing retiring cashier and couldn’t find a suitable-calibre replacement, its rescue operation was administered by Quill. Having used Quill’s legal accounts and practice management software since formation in 1995, Quill’s outsourced legal cashiering service, Pinpoint, was the preferred choice to solve its cashier problem. Nick Massey-Chase, […]

This article was also featured as an industry case study in the May 2017 issue of LPM magazine, download LPM.  London firm Dawson Cornwell doesn’t have plans to scale, but wants to be the best family law provider in southeast England. The firm’s finance and practice manager, Geraldine Collier, says: “Dawson Cornwell’s key business objective […]