Full service law firm Allington Hughes Law has signed up to integrated practice and matter management with SOS Connect from Solicitors Own Software as part of a “natural progression.” The firm, which has offices in Wrexham, Chester and Llanrwst in North Wales, was a long-standing SOS customer when it decided to upgrade to SOS Connect. […]

Today’s modern professionals demand easy-to-use, productivity enhancing tools that support new ways of working, the way they want to work. They require tools that empower them to create, manage and collaborate on all work product from anywhere, on any device, in a single user experience, turning lost time into productive time. This is a common thread […]

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is an integral part of any business’s online presence – and an important component of the success of a business overall. At times, SEO seems to carry a certain “fear factor,” says Scott Brown, digital services manager at Accesspoint. “This is mainly due to a lack of understanding around its ever-evolving […]

Download your FREE copy now   This month:LPM magazine finds out what makes SME firms competitive. Special supplement:Unite to thrive – Our friends at Tikit give the lay of the land on how law firms can benefit from an ecosystem of solutions. Feature:Guest writer Richard Parnham examines how law firms in the vast SME market can make themselves heard. Law firm […]

In May of 2018 DPS Software hosted our annual User Group event at The IBM Client Centre in London. We do this to allow our current clients to keep up to date on what we are doing as a company, the recent enhancements to our software and to give them the chance to provide us […]

BigHand, a global software company offering voice, workflow and document production solutions to the legal market, has today announced an integration with iManage Work 10. The integration further strengthens a longstanding business partnership that was formed to make it easy for users to create, store and manage high-quality legal documents. iManage Work 10 is the […]

It is nice to think that all your business content lives in your repository of record. That’s why you have invested so much into these systems. However, that may not always be the case. In many organizations, content bounces between various systems throughout its lifecycle. Some content might live in a CRM like Salesforce or […]

“The legal market is in a remarkable state of flux. In less than two decades, the way in which lawyers work will change radically,” writes Richard Susskind in Tomorrow’s Lawyers. These changes will pose new risks for law firms. Those that fail to manage them could struggle, but for nimble and forward-thinking firms, they present opportunities. […]

The SRA is once again looking to reduce the minimum level of PI cover to £500,000. But do its proposals achieve their objectives?  In March 2018, the SRA published a consultation, “Protecting the users of legal services: balancing costs and access the legal services”, which outlines proposals for the Solicitors’ Compensation Fund and professional indemnity insurance (PI) […]

Final preparations are now underway for the CIPD’s HR Software Show 2018, and Leeds-based Cascade HR is set to have its largest presence yet. The long-standing exhibitor is a familiar fixture at this renowned technology expo, carrying out more tailored demos than any other vendor and hosting advice-led seminars to aid delegates’ learning. And this […]

Converge Technology Specialists (Converge TS) has today announced the appointment of Peter Gill to its board of directors as chief commercial officer. Bringing a wealth of legal sector experience to the company, Peter most recently spent four years at Thomson Reuters Elite where he led the EMEA sales team to achieve year-on-year revenue growth. His background […]

As a business, Intelligent Office (IO) has always sought to deliver great support services to the UK legal sector by developing, caring for and recognising our employees – the single biggest asset we have. As a result, we are delighted to share the news that, after the most intensive Investors in People (IIP) assessment process […]

Too often critical information produced by modern law departments lives in disparate systems and varying formats. The decentralisation of data makes responding to questions from general counsels (GCs) frustrating for attorneys and legal operations professionals alike. This leads to instances where different individuals or teams may end up with completely different data – a side […]