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Quill launches free industry analysis tool, Quilldex, to assist legal sector recovery
Leading legal software and outsourced service supplier, Quill, has launched an innovative industry analysis tool, called Quilldex, giving free access to real-time-data charts depicting instruction volumes by specialism. The purpose of Quill’s refreshed-daily reporting initiative is to empower law firms to gain accurate insight into sector activity, broken down into case types, as well as […]
Katchr announces lockdown win in CFG Law
Katchr, the UK’s law firm business intelligence specialists, has announced another new customer win despite the current lockdown. Specialist serious injury business firm CFG Law signed up to the Katchr law firm BI suite in April, 4 weeks after the start of lockdown in the UK – the latest in a series of strategic steps […]
DPS Software releases a report on the impact of Covid-19 on the legal sector
Firms will continue to work remotely when the lockdown eventually ends. This is one of the many finding in the report from DPS Software, ‘How COVID-19 has affected the UK Legal Industry’. Though many firms are currently working from home due to the pandemic and ensuing lockdown, many foresee this continuing even after the hold […]
Sysero: Retaining knowledge in the modern day law firm
For today’s law firms and legal providers, knowledge is everything. Think about it – almost every client interaction from your firm relies on some form of knowledge, whether it be legal knowledge, client knowledge or organisational insights. The success of your firm is intrinsically tied to the specialist knowledge it holds within its walls. However, […]
Conscious Solutions: The Google page experience update
On 28 May 2020 Google pre-announced a new set of ranking factors based upon User Experience that will come into effect in 2021. Google giving this much notice before a major update is unprecedented. They are so committed to this direction that they have already incorporated the relevant diagnostics into the Search Console platform, replacing […]
NetDocuments introduces ChatLink: A new way to work with MS Teams
NetDocuments, the leading secure multi-tenant cloud-based content services and productivity platform for law firms, corporate legal teams, and compliance departments, today announced the availability of ChatLink, an integration that links Microsoft Teams to NetDocuments. With ChatLink, Teams users now connect channels with NetDocuments workspaces and secure threads. ChatLink enables users to continue working inside the […]
Charthouse Lawyers, deploys Repstor custodian for Legal™ for integrated matter management
Newly implemented platform enables cost-effective and structured file management with a single source of truth. Belfast, May 26 2020 – Repstor, the Content Services and Microsoft 365 matter management specialist, has today announced that Canadian law firm, Charthouse Lawyers, has selected Repstor Custodian for Legal™ to transform how it manages critical documents and emails. Previously, the firm […]
Repstor: How do we optimise task management in Teams and MS Planner?
As Teams-based collaboration gathers pace among our remote workers, what’s the best way to allocate and manage tasks so we can maintain progress against client work or other projects? This is a great question, and one with a happy answer in the form of Teams’ great companion tool, MS Planner. Although Planner isn’t an inherent […]
Macfarlanes selects Aderant Expert as its practice management software
UK firm Macfarlanes has selected Aderant Expert as their practice management software. With more than 500 fee earners based in London and serving the international legal market, Macfarlanes sought more than just a technology solution; they sought a partnership that will help the firm continue to grow and thrive. “Following a competitive tender exercise run […]
New digital services start-up, Panoram enhances their data management offering with Nuix
Panoram, an exciting new digital services start-up in legal has partnered with global software company Nuix to develop a range of advanced data management services. Through this partnership, Panoram will be offering a range of digital solutions to enable legal teams to safely and efficiently handle their data management issues both in traditional eDiscovery areas […]
Zylpha’s Pay-As-You-Bundle promotion responds to court demand for eBundles
Zylpha has announced an introductory offer for its market-leading, online Pay As You Go document bundling system. Under the terms of the deal, each new firm that signs up for the Zylpha bundling platform gets the first 5 online bundles free of charge. The usual price of these bundles is £250. Thereafter, any bundles constructed […]
Tikit announces partnership with Orchard Rock and The CS Partnership
Property Focus, developed by Orchard Rock and The CS Partnership, is an intuitive, data driven case management solution with complete conveyancing workflows. The workflows are completely flexible and built within Tikit’s practice and case management system; P4W. The software enables firms to ensure property compliance and anti-risk assessments are efficiently fulfilled. Richard Wilson; a founding […]
Clocktimizer: Changing law firms: Five principles for successful change management
Humans, generally speaking, do not enjoy change. Our desire to avoid it is well documented. Most of us will walk the same route to work each day. We will order our favourite food from a takeaway restaurant, rather than try something new. We find the familiar comforting. However, most of us are also aware that […]