Craig Matthews, Vice-Chair of the LSSA warns that with ever increasing compliance and regulation, a lack of understanding of lawtech is not an option. A recent survey by the Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) has found that almost half of junior lawyers are oblivious to the benefits of lawtech – or completely unaware of […]

Law Society endorsed legal software provider, Eclipse Legal Systems, has announced new functionality in its Proclaim Practice Management solution to enable law firms to remain compliant with HMRC Making Tax Digital requirements. Making Tax Digital is a key part of the Government’s plans to make it easier for individuals and businesses to get their tax […]

The premier firm relies on cleanDocs to prevent sensitive information in email attachments being accidentally leaked to the public. DocsCorp, a leading provider of enterprise productivity solutions, today announced that Burness Paull, a top-tier Scottish law firm, has chosen cleanDocs to minimize the risk of inadvertent data leaks. cleanDocs removes hidden and potentially damaging metadata from email attachments […]

Doxly today announced that its transaction workflow management platform is now fully integrated with all versions of iManage, the leading document management system for today’s modern legal professional. Doxly’s seamless integration with all versions of iManage into its platform enhances attorneys’ transactional workflows by enabling legal teams to forgo document storage in the cloud. Doxly […]

National Law Firm Davies and Partners Solicitors has carried out a major upgrade of its IT infrastructure with DPS Software. The project has streamlined its systems onto a digital platform and future proofed its processes to establish a solid foundation to meet its ambitious growth plans. Davies and Partners has been providing its clients with […]

Iridium Technology announced today that they completed the purchase of the legal industry division of Decision Pace Inc. Jay Moeller, the former CEO of Decision Pace, has already joined Iridium in the position of Director – Project Management Office. All Decision Pace clients are now by Iridium staff and have the option to migrate onto […]

  Legal document automation isn’t scary. Automating the creation of documents is not intended to replace, minimise or threaten what lawyers do. Lawyers always have been, and always will be, the guardians of the legal documents that form the basis of all business; but by automating certain parts of the process, they can be liberated […]

In the past, decision makers in law firms believed that outsourcing administrative support services could compromise their firm. More recently, due to growing pressures on profit margins, overextended internal resources, and an increasingly competitive environment, many have had to reassess these concerns. Law firms are beginning to recognise that the growth opportunities created by a […]

A seamless cash flow is of paramount importance for law firms, as they receive 80 percent of their revenue from 20 percent of clients. These firms are the source of recurring revenue, and hence, retaining such clients in the long run is vital for legal organizations. However, due to various constraints such as an increase […]

As legal businesses have grown, merged, dispersed and outsourced, one challenge for lawyers remains – finding exactly the information they need in time for it to make the optimum difference. Whether that’s serving an existing client in a new way, or winning a profitable new one, approach to knowledge management (KM) is key. However, KM […]

Delivering knowledge management productively to fee earners today requires a consumer appstyle approach, says Simon Pecovnik, VP of product management, iManage RAVN  The concept of knowledge management (KM) isn’t new to the legal industry. However, in larger law firms it has traditionally been a separate function from IT. KM teams have been tasked with collecting […]

Fraser Mayfield, head of EMEA at Iridium Technology, says learning to price your work more collaboratively can reap some real rewards. When law firms get collaboration between lawyers and their clients right, using open and clear communication, the rewards for both sides are truly impressive. The firms that recognise this understand that effective collaboration is […]

Intelligent Office UK (IO), the leading support services provider to UK law firms, has been appointed by Stone King to deliver reprographic, mailroom, records, facilities and front of house services at the firm’s Bath, London and Cambridge offices.  The contract began on 1st January 2019. Stone King has been rapidly evolving and in the last […]