Ward Hadaway opts for BigHand Outline for optimised legal template management
Top 100 UK law firm, Ward Hadaway, has chosen BigHand’s template management solution, BigHand Outline, to standardise document templates and streamline document creation in the firm. Jonathan Smith, Director of IT at Ward Hadaway explains, “After a thorough review of the market, we knew BigHand Outline was the solution for us, after we saw just […]
READ MORE >>Intelligent Office UK: How can you support fee earners returning to the office?
The usual ‘start of term’ feeling, that many have at this time of year after the summer months, brings with it an element of trepidation this year. Many have experienced prolonged remote working whilst others are facing the end of the full furlough scheme: with new health regulations in place, understanding the logistics and feeling […]
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Joanna Connolly Solicitors has chosen ‘Pay As You Go’ ebundling software from Zylpha (www.zylpha.com). The software will be used to prepare court bundles in conjunction with the practice’s LEAP case management software. The effective preparation of professional legal and court document bundles is essential to Joanna Connolly solicitors, as the practice operates in courts of […]
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Actionstep hires ex-Clio executive as VP, global partnership strategy
Actionstep announces the appointment of Joshua Tanzola to Actionstep as VP, Global Partnership Strategy. Along with almost 20 open positions and more planned for 2020, this significant hire signal’s Actionstep’s growth and robust market position as a preferred legal practice management software provider for growing small & mid-size firms in the US legal market. Joshua […]
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Deloitte UK partners with Nuix to offer hosted discovery
Global software company Nuix and leading professional services firm Deloitte UK will now offer a hosted eDiscovery review service based on Nuix Discover. Nuix’s award-winning legal review interface will be made available to Deloitte’s clients who can tap into advanced analytics and artificial intelligence technologies as a service offered by Deloitte UK from a secure hosted […]
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Katchr launches the first BI tool purely designed for SME law firms
Katchr – the leading provider of Business Intelligence to UK SME law firms, is pleased to announce the availability of its new cloud-based offering: Katchr Express. Katchr provides fast, easy access to KPIs and management information for law firms. Whether it’s lawyers keeping track of their targets, team leaders monitoring their people, or owners reviewing […]
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One of the stressful impacts of Covid-19 on the residential property market is that Heads of Department are having to second guess staffing levels within their teams. Some staff have been furloughed but may now have returned. Some may still be on furlough. Some teams have been making redundancies or are planning redundancies, and yet […]
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Accesspoint Technologies — Regaining control over security threats
Security threats can come in many shapes and sizes, which makes keeping your firm free from attacks that much harder. Identifying, minimizing and preventing threats is possibly the hardest yet most overlooked area within a law firm, whether it is because many firms have to handle heavy workloads on a day to day basis and […]
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SH&P selects NetDocuments to support its modernisation strategy
NetDocuments the leading secure cloud-based content services platform for law firms, corporate legal teams and compliance departments, today announced that European patent and trade mark attorneys Stevens Hewlett & Perkins (SH&P) has selected NetDocuments as its new Document Management System (DMS). SH&P are a leading specialist firm of intellectual property (IP) lawyers with a team […]
READ MORE >>Intelligent Office UK: RIP traditional legal secretary, make room for…?
The traditional legal secretarial role – with a 1:1 or 1:2 fee earner ratio – is an expensive luxury few modern law firms can afford. Nostalgia and kudos may influence limited attractiveness in retaining the role but it’s hard to justify on the basis of efficiency or effectiveness in the delivery of first-class legal services. […]
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