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 […]

Next trades from more than 500 stores in the UK and Eire and around 200 stores in 40 countries overseas. Online, Next Directory serves customers in around 70 countries outside the UK. The in-house legal team at Next looks after the interest of all of the companies within the Next group. Prior to going live […]

Eclipse Legal Systems, the sole Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, is implementing its Proclaim Case Management Software solution at Gloucestershire firm, Simply Complete Solicitors. Specialising in Conveyancing and Probate services, Simply Complete has extensive experience in combining expert legal advice with fast, attentive and practical help that’s tailored to each client. Offering a friendly […]

Gunnercooke llp, one of the UK’s fastest-growing challenger law firms, has rolled out Repstor’s email and content management suite to almost 200 fee earners and support personnel across its nationwide legal practice, to extend the benefits of Office 365 and make it easier to share and access content from within Outlook. gunnercooke provides corporate and […]

Eversheds Sutherland is one of the world’s leading international law firms. It brings together 2,300 legal professionals to provide legal services coordinated from 61 offices in 29 countries. The firm’s international prestige relies on the ability to assemble the best legal professionals and subject experts for the matter in hand, wherever they may be located. […]

Eversheds Sutherland’s consulting arm has today launched a matter lifecycle management solution for legal teams, ES / Unity – Powered by Repstor. This new product combines Eversheds Sutherland Consulting ‘Unity’ system and the ‘Custodian’ platform developed by leading email and document management software experts Repstor. ES/Unity will support legal teams tasked with driving innovation and […]

Based in Stockport, Higgins Miller Solicitors specialises in divorce, matrimonial, family issues and children disputes. Offering legal services across the whole of England and Wales, the firm provides friendly but robust and practical client service. Recognising that finances can often cause concern for clients, Higgins Miller ensures a flexible and innovative approach to funding, including […]

“We’ve experienced phenomenal growth over the last year and Proclaim has seamlessly scaled with us. Thanks to the high level of automation built into the system we’re now in a position to process larger volumes of cases, and at a much quicker rate. “In the future we’re aiming to focus further on our expansion, and […]