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Adam Cohen wore many hats before he became a solicitor. He trained as a chef, worked in business PLCs, and completed an Open University degree. He found his way into law through his LPC and training contract, and what stayed consistent across all of it was a preference for doing things his own way. By […]
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Client service through technology leads to awards recognition for start-up law firm
When starting a new business, it is essential to get the right tools. The demands on law firms these days is far greater than they ever used to be and standing out amongst the crowd has to be a priority. Clearly, hard work is a huge factor and when the director’s at Blackfriars law set […]
How UK Top 100 firm Winckworth Sherwood strengthened data protection for GDPR compliance
About Winckworth Sherwood A member of the Legal 500 UK and relied on by some of the UK’s largest organisations, Winckworth Sherwood (WS) is a full-service law firm with a diverse client base. Since as far back as 1777 the firm has established its reputation for delivering high levels of client service in high value, […]
Hempsons favours Aderant Expert
Hempsons, an award-winning health and social care law firm, has chosen Aderant Expert as its practice management platform. The leading firm, with a nearly 130-year history, needed increased support for its more than 120 lawyers across several UK offices. Aderant was the firm’s clear choice to boost profitability, streamline workflow processes, and manage transactions. “Given […]
Kingsley Napley and Zylpha collaborate on bundling innovation
Leading legal technology innovator Zylpha has collaborated with internationally recognised law firm Kingsley Napley to develop an innovative new document bundling toolset. Amongst the all-new functionality is a unique ‘Bundle Import Tool’. This makes it easy for Kingsley Napley to partition incoming bundles, according to specific documents or sections, when adding files to their own bundles. […]
When William met Beatrix
William Heelis met Beatrix Potter (the Children’s author) when she visited his office looking for legal advice over a property purchase. They soon married, and the firm founded by William, Temple Heelis solicitors has now been established for almost 200 years. With offices in some of the most beautiful parts of the UK across the […]
Ploum initiates move to the Cloud with NetDocuments
The dynamic firm started its search for a document management system way back in 2014. Today everybody at Ploum uses NetDocuments whether a fee earner or a finance, marketing or HR professional. Challenge: The Need for Change Ploum wanted to make its document management more efficient, easier and flexible, recognising the importance of finding a […]
Over to the Cloud: Going beyond a DMS implementation
Where We Were Winckworth Sherwood (WS) was using a Microsoft SharePoint 2013 based solution as its Document Management System (DMS). The SharePoint-based system Macroview was first implemented in 2010. Following an IT review in 2015, WS decided that the current platform was no longer meeting the needs of a growing business and not the solution […]
Quill’s costs, functionality and longevity win over Burt Brill & Cardens
Burt Brill & Cardens Limited is the latest law firm to sign up to Quill’s Interactive legal accounting software. With a rigid timeframe for implementation, dictated by the end-of-contract date for its legacy legal accounts system, the practice went live in April 2019. Ross Auld, Chief Operating Officer at Burt Brill & Cardens, describes the […]
Russell & Co complies to Making Tax Digital reform with help from Quill
With Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT now mandatory for businesses with an annual taxable turnover of £85,000, Russell & Co Solicitors, a long-established law firm based in Great Malvern, is ready to process its next VAT submission according to HMRC’s MTD scheme thanks to its outsourced cashiering and software provider, Quill. Brian Herdman, Practice […]
Saul Ewing’s iManage cloud database consolidation a successful industry first
Innovative team uses SeeUnity’s Velocity content migration tool to accomplish a groundbreaking project Industries challenges With a client-centric commitment to excellence in mind, Saul Ewing LLP merged with Arnstein & Lehr LLP in September of 2017, providing their clients with expanded capabilities and greater depth in key practice areas. The merger happened to […]
Parkview Solicitors enhances case management and drives productivity with Insight Legal software
Parkview Solicitors is the employer to an expanding team split across its two sites in the North of England. The practice needed a user-friendly and centralised system designed to improve file organisation for its 16 members of staff and help them to manage caseloads and accounts easily and effectively through an on-premise platform. Aslam Khan, […]
Top of the clocks
As some wise person once said, necessity is often the mother of invention. Stephen Allen, global head of legal operations and innovation lead at Hogan Lovells, explains that Clocktimizer, which his firm has been using to wrangle and enrich its data stores, was created by a former corporate lawyer at DLA Piper, who found himself […]
Quill’s overflow typing support for Robert Simmons Solicitors
With a flourishing conveyancing department and administration team at full capacity, long-standing Quill client, Robert Simmons Solicitors, utilises the Quill Type outsourced typing service for overflow support. “Conveyancing is our busiest area,” explains Stuart Jones, conveyancer at Robert Simmons. “As anyone who operates in this field knows, there are seasonal fluctuations causing peaks and troughs […]