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, […]

After 37 years of service, Julian Wilson, Thompson Smith and Puxon (TSP) head of clinical negligence, recently retired from the practice and has been succeeded by long-term colleague and fellow director, Steve Webb. While this transition process was very smooth for TSP, it reminded me that this has not always been the case. Although this […]

With the fourth industrial revolution upon us, the legal profession is facing a period of rapid change. Competition is increasing, client expectations are higher and the downward pressure on fees continues – all while the sector braces itself for the impact of Brexit. At the same time, for many practices, performance has plateaued or, in […]

An increasing number of legal firms are looking to the cloud to deliver cost-efficiencies and flexibility, and many are becoming more confident with providers’ IT security and datacentre compliance capabilities. This shows a marked change in the industry as the cloud market matures and providers such as Microsoft Azure and AWS start to offer a […]