The advent of the pandemic has led to an unprecedented increase in cyber-attacks across all sectors. So much so that the Health Secretary Matt Hancock raised the subject at on the COVID-19 televised briefing. These attacks range from the unsophisticated amateur hacker at home to beat the boredom to large well-funded actors implementing advance persistent […]

This is the fifth blog in this series of posts where we’re discussing how lawyers and 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 […]

This is the fourth blog in this series of posts where we’re discussing how lawyers and 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 […]

Respected Jersey-based specialist family law practice Claire Davies, Advocate has chosen electronic document bundling software from leading legal software innovator Zylpha. The move has proved extremely timely as the island’s Royal Court (Family division) is now actively encouraging the use of electronic legal document bundles for all hearings. Ideally suited to the Court’s demands, Zylpha is […]

As the glimmerings of a possible emergence from the Coronavirus lockdown appear on the distant horizon we can be sure that business is already planning a sprint from the click of the starting gun. A flurry of marketing and sales activity is certain as is the scramble to find and win those rare client opportunities. […]

At Enable, we have taken proactive measure to ensure our clients and teams are looked after during the current global pandemic. Our industry leading PitchPerfect software has allowed clients as well as our team to east into the transition of the ‘new normal’ we call remote working. We have put together a list of our […]

In this video, Andrew Roberts, M&A consultant from Symphony Legal David Gilroy, MD of Conscious Solutions discuss M&A activity for law firms during and post the Covid-19 crisis. Video time: 17 minutes 58 seconds.

Even before the emergence of COVID-19 and its massive impact on businesses across the world, the shift away from office-based work to the utilisation of remote teams and home working had started. According to figures gathered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of people working from home before the onset of the […]

In today’s highly competitive legal market and constantly changing regulatory environment, law firms must be able to thoroughly evaluate new business, quickly onboard new clients and ensure compliance at every step of the way. The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and EU Money Laundering Directives has made it imperative for firms to […]

Wilson Allen, provider of consulting services and software that enable professional services firms to enhance business performance, today announced the availability of its CRM Toolkit, designed to help professional service firms manage data more effectively by automating data segmentation and data quality tasks. “One of the challenges firms face is increased pressure on data management […]

Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has announced the launch of Proclaim Go – a mobile and tablet friendly application powered by Proclaim. Proclaim Go is designed especially for fee earners who are often travelling or in client meetings, with a need to access accurate live information on their cases. With […]

With the COVID-19 lockdown, we’re living and working in difficult times. Solicitors, particularly, are finding themselves caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, law firms have ongoing regulatory obligations to attend to. On the other, enforced restrictions make ‘business as usual’ nigh on impossible. Add into the mixing pot increased […]

Quill’s grown its headcount by three employees in the past month. In March, Quill welcomed Harry McHarry (Product Development Director), Pete Richards (Development Team Manager) and Robert Graham (Lead UI Developer) into its development team, primarily based in Brighton. The new recruits are instrumental in its long-term commitment to software development. Despite the COVID-19 crisis, […]