Lockdown didn’t stop Quill holding its AGM on 24th April; the first time ever as a virtual event with over 100 staff simultaneously online learning about its software and services. There were numerous highlights, not least announcing the Peter Dye Memorial Shield recipient; an award introduced two years ago in memory of Quill’s former director […]

It’s a strange time for firms and legal practitioners across the UK. Coronavirus has forced many around the globe to rethink our daily lives from work and school to entertainment. In response to shelter-in-place advice from the UK government and world health organisations, social events have been cancelled, employees have been sent home, and people […]

During this time of uncertainty, law firms across the globe are facing unprecedented challenges. Like many other businesses, law firms everywhere are now finding their feet in the newly presented circumstances. From business continuity planning, through to cost saving and maintaining client relationships – a lot of time is being spent on keeping the metaphorical […]

This is the third blog in this series of posts where we’re discussing how law firms are struggling to cope with the lockdown and what we can suggest to help them. Many aren’t set up for homeworking, social distancing or self-isolation. And it’s all happened so quickly there has been very little time to prepare. […]

I’m sure a lot of lawyers and law firms are struggling to cope with the lockdown. Many aren’t set up for homeworking, social distancing or self-isolation. And it’s all happened so quickly there has been very little time to prepare. Yet this is when your clients’ minds are really focused on what’s important to them, […]

I’m sure a lot of law firms are struggling to cope with the lockdown. Many aren’t set up for homeworking, social distancing or self-isolation. And it’s all happened so quickly there has been very little time to prepare. Yet this is when your clients’ minds are really focused on what’s important to them, and they’ll […]

Ben Aslet, LEAP, UK Marketing Manager, explains how law firms using LEAP’s cloud-based practice management solution are successfully adapting to remote working and how it’s as near as can be business as normal for law firms using LEAP. He said LEAP have talked to several law firms using the software to find out how they are […]

Ben Aslet, LEAP, UK Marketing Manager, explains how law firms using LEAP’s cloud-based practice management solution are successfully adapting to remote working and how it’s as near as can be business as normal for law firms using LEAP. He said LEAP have talked to several law firms using the software to find out how they are […]

Most of our staff need to work from home now, and Teams seems the obvious means of collaboration. It’s important we don’t curb people’s productivity, but at the same time we’re concerned about information privacy and security protocols being breached if users are unwittingly careless. How can we achieve a safe middle ground? Given companies’ […]

We’ve been surprised and delighted at how readily remote employees have taken to collaboration using MS Teams, given the sudden need to let people work from home. For now, we’re just letting them get on with it. With teams popping up all over the place, though, we’re wondering how we’ll manage to consolidate all of […]

Joe Pepper, CEO of tmgroup is joined by our guest speaker Rupert Collins-White, director, creative at Legal Practice Management (LPM). The key areas discussed include: what tech will have a big effect on law firms in terms of the competitiveness what tech will affect efficiency and productivity what are the products that are going to be ‘good […]

On 28 April 2020, CTS was joined by James Temple, COO at Seddons Solicitors, who discussed the projects that have allowed the firm to seamlessly transition to remote working in response to the Covid-19 health crisis. Temple provided practical guidance for firms that have been struggling to enable home working, and explained how Seddons were […]

AM Law 200 firm Baker Donelson has taken proactive measures to ease the transition to remote working and ensure optimal client service throughout the global crisis, by accelerating its deployment of the legal workflow solution, BigHand Now. The firm previously prepared for and equipped its lawyers and staff to work from home, having stress-tested its […]