The number-one law firm IT challenge heading into 2019 had nothing to do with acquiring bigger servers or faster networks. The top law firm IT issue for this year was the strategic challenge of change management, according to the International Legal Technology’s Association 2018 Legal Technology Survey. The ILTA survey report describes an evolution in the […]

Recent reports indicate cloud cost control is becoming a major issue for businesses. Focussed on moving storage and compute quickly to the Cloud, drawn in by attractive pricing created by competition between providers, many businesses are now surprised at the spiralling cost. Despite a determination to cut infrastructure expenses, spending on public cloud is now […]

With Cancer Research UK as its charity of the year, Quill’s in-house voluntary charity committee has been busy planning 2019’s main fundraiser aptly named a “Quillathlon”. Beginning on 7th September and continuing to 22nd September, the Quill team intends to ‘travel’ to its furthest-away client which is Falklands Legal located in the Falkland Islands. As […]

Nexa Law has chosen online document bundling software from Zylpha for use with its LEAP case management software. Nexa Law is one of the first practices to sign with Zylpha following the company’s recent announcement of a formal partnership with LEAP UK. Zylpha’s Pay-As-You-Go electronic bundling software for LEAP, contains everything needed to create the […]

London, 18th July 2019 – Tikit, a global provider of technology solutions to professional service firms, today announced that Saffery Champness joined their customer base, with the selection of NetDocuments cloud-based document and email management platform. Top 15 accounting firm, Saffery Champness, was founded in 1855 and have since become one of the UK’s largest […]

A leading open SaaS platform for professional collaboration Provides secure cloud-based environment, connecting law firms and their corporate customers Expands offerings and leverages Thomson Reuters channels and customer relationships Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced that it has acquired HighQ, a leading collaboration platform for the legal and regulatory market. Based in London with offices in […]

Eclipse Legal Systems, the Law Society Endorsed legal software provider, has today announced that new start-up law firm Forever Legal is implementing the Proclaim Practice Management solution. Established in 2019, Altringham based Forever Legal specialises in equity release, residential conveyancing and probate law. As a new legal practice, Forever Legal required a scalable Practice Management […]

Various trends are impacting law firms in 2019 and there is one common theme – technology. PWC’s Law Firms’ Survey 2018 reported that “100% of Top 10 and 40% of Top 11–25 firms view technology as the key challenge facing the legal sector over the next 2 years.” Cybersecurity and data protection The PWC Information Security Breaches […]

Leading Bristol based legal practice DAS Law has chosen Zylpha’s market-leading integration suite for its widely acclaimed PI (Personal Injury) operation. The integrations, which are for use with the practice’s LexisNexis Visualfiles case management system, include: Adobe Sign along with EL/PL (Employers Liability / Public Liability) and RTA (Road Traffic Accident) portal integrations. By using […]

Legal Support Network (LSN) transformed Devonshire Terrace into a summer paradise at its’ latest networking event on Monday evening. With over 260 legal professionals arriving to network, the event which is designed to help connect professionals in the legal community was a huge success. LSN’s summer networking event showed the legal community that Legal Support […]

It’s no secret that law firm support structures have changed over the past 10 years. As just one example, the ratio of PAs to fee earners is now radically different when compared to pre-recession levels.  Where it was once a secretary or PA supporting one or maybe two fee earners, the average ratio in the […]

NetDocuments, the leading secure cloud-based content services platform for law firms, corporate legal teams and compliance departments, has announced that Forsters LLP, a leading London law firm and the largest in London’s Mayfair, has selected NetDocuments as its secure cloud-based content services platform. Forsters will implement the NetDocuments’ cloud DMS platform, ndMail for predictive email […]

Law Society endorsed legal software provider, Eclipse Legal Systems, has announced integration with leading Conveyancing search supplier Legal Bricks. Legal Bricks provides Conveyancing searches, anti-money laundering ID checks and company reports. The firm has extensive experience in partnering with Conveyancing law firms throughout the UK.  Proclaim, Eclipse’s Case Management solution, will embed Legal Bricks functionality […]