Advanced is bringing new technology to solicitors to help drive their productivity levels and minimise work pressure, the British software and services provider has revealed. As the government’s Digital by Default 2020 deadline approaches, solicitors are seeking ways to digitise their practice as, according to Advanced’s Managing Director for Legal, Doug Hargrove, many are under […]

Lawyers are the original knowledge workers. Law firms can sell their lawyers’ time, because of their knowledge of the law and the legal system. The ability to mitigate risk, manage crisis, and navigate legal procedures becomes easier when you’ve done it once or twice. The General Counsel (GC) with bet-the-company litigation pending surely wants the […]

Long-range weather forecasts predict freezing temperatures, heavy snow and icy storms beginning as early as November and continuing for four months. As a nation, we simply don’t cope well with severe wintry conditions and our travel network, particularly, struggles to maintain any semblance of normality. For businesses this means one thing: protracted disruption as staff […]

With Children In Need just around the corner, it’s time for a charity update about planned fundraising efforts for national and local causes. If you’re familiar with our charitable work, you’ll know that Children In Need makes a regular appearance in our calendar. 2018 is no exception. We’re planning our usual bake sale (we love […]

Linetime is pleased to announce the signing of London firm Hamlins LLP for its Liberate software to be used across all departments. The project will involve the implementation of practice management, CRM and business intelligence. Hamlins, who have recently been nominated as medium law firm of the year in the Law Society Excellence Awards, see […]

iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced that Howard Kennedy LLPM – a forward-thinking UK law firm that provides straightforward advice to ambitious clients serving a domestic and international client base – has deployed iManage RAVN Insight to quickly find and access relevant information, improving knowledge management within the organization. iManage RAVN Insight enables universal […]

Transform Data International has today announced that Custodian for Legal™ has been selected by the legal department of medical device manufacturer Terumo Europe as its matter and knowledge management system. Terumo Europe’s Legal department greatly values the service it delivers across the company’s business units, believing it to be the basis for successful collaboration. As Custodian for Legal […]

Jackson Boyd, one of Scotland’s leading litigation law firms specialising in personal injury, employment law and dispute resolution, have selected Linetime Liberate as its new integrated platform to support all aspects of client service delivery.  Jackson Boyd prides itself in providing compassionate, personalised services tailored to each client ensuring that all aspects of a case […]

HM Land Registry have confirmed that international law firm Bird & Bird LLP were the first law firm to receive a City of London LLC1 result through their new digital Local Land Charges Register. tmgroup are delighted to say that this order was placed via their tmconvey platform – and the result was returned within […]

Newly formed legal tech company Focis has selected Converge TS to provide a fully managed Infrastructure as a Service platform to host their clients’ data. Established by two experienced consultants to the legal sector, Paul Ryan and Adele Summers, Focis aims to support law firms in delivering a digital strategy that enhances the client experience. […]

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Q We have a website, but how do we know if it’s performing well? A The best way to view your website is to treat it as an employee of your law firm – let’s call it ‘Steve’ for the purposes of this article. Steve’s working for you 24/7 and is in charge of introducing […]

“Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world,” said Lauren Bacall – not necessarily known as a business guru, but clearly a wise woman. In the world of performance management, there’s much talk of key performance indicators (KPIs) – but, in a recent meeting reviewing our own business performance, […]