With the end of the financial year now looming, a number of organisations are gearing up for what can often be an incredibly frantic time.  But from a remuneration perspective, there are many ways to avoid encountering ‘payroll pain’, believes Claire Treadwell, senior bureau manager at Cascade Payroll Managed Services.  Admittedly the exact preparatory process […]

As the deadline for GDPR implementation edges closer, discussions about compliance are mostly focused on how to ensure organizations have permission to use the data they’re collecting and processing. This makes sense in the light of today’s data-driven world, in which seemingly every part of our digital lives is tracked and stored. According to Gartner, data […]

This article was originally featured as an interview in the April 2018 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM. Effective data entry and good client relationship management have never been as important as they are to businesses today. Why? Well, you can’t have a data-based discussion these days, it seems, without bringing up the […]

It’s a widely known fact among CIO’s that using a cloud infrastructure provider to support their IT strategy is a key component of progression and increased profitability. Gartner recently reported that 80% of CIO’s will migrate to a cloud-based environment within the next few years. But what should you be looking for when choosing a […]

Law Firms are all just the same nowadays aren’t they? All offering the same service with the same standards. Nothing really distinguishes them from one another. But not you. No, you’re different. Special, even. Your firm is unique. So why use just standard software? You deserve software as special and unique as you are. You […]

Both CDS and tmgroup are committed to saving time for those working in the property sector, and are looking forward to working together to create even more efficiencies and cost savings for property professionals. They also bring a wealth of industry knowledge and experience to their new relationship. Paul Albone – Chief Operating Officer for […]

BigHand already works with over 3,000 organisations globally across their various products including dictation, speech recognition, task delegation, template management and analytics. The acquisition supports BigHand’s strategy of providing solutions to support law firms to achieve operational excellence. The adoption of BigHand’s newer products identified a demand for more operational, financial and business data to […]

Article by Marie Burgess, director, product management. A little while ago I had a chance to listen to some law firm partners discuss time tracking. As such, I had the opportunity to ask an important question: What is it about entering time that is so hard? They said the answer stems from the fact lawyers […]

Many organisations are, quite rightly, turning to tech to automate several of their business processes, explains Paul Sparkes from Cascade HR. But when it comes to HR, systems and software needn’t strip the ‘human’ out of Human Resources… The growing degree of automation in the workplace has long posed a worry for a large proportion […]

This month, LPM magazine finds out how SME firms might take advantage of deregulation Download your FREE copy now Feature: Solicitors will soon be allowed to work for unregulated firms while retaining their professional title – will these reforms tempt law firms to ditch practice-wide regulation? Richard Parnham reports Hard knocks: Richard Clark, COO at Manchester-based CFG Law, on […]

Last month, I had the pleasure of moderating an excellent panel at the Consero Legal Operations Forum entitled “Dashboards & Portals: Leveraging Existing Operational Investments for Greater Returns,” in Pasadena, CA.  My esteemed panelists included Scott Fuller from Applied Materials, Brian Pomeroy from Discover Financial Services, Elizabeth Miller from Dolby Laboratories, Julie Cremeans from Fair, and Emelita […]

  Miller’s Paddy Synnott, met with Richard Cramer, founder and partner of FrontRow Legal in Leeds, and talked to him about the highs and lows of setting up his own law firm including the difficulty in getting insured. What prompted you to go it alone? I originally set up my own practice in 2002, before […]

A few weeks ago, we launched a 3-part article series about information governance (IG) for law firms. Every year, IG is getting more complex. As a result, even when law firms successfully launch IG programs they are often unable to follow through on implementation. High overhead costs and detailed manual procedures mean that compliance with IG policies […]