This article was originally featured in the February 2017 issue of LPM magazine, download LPM. To learn more about this year’s LPM conferences take a look at the pages for LPM Birmingham and LPM London.  SME firms face a challenging future and wherever they operate, no matter their client base, those that constantly evolve and innovate […]

Last Wednesday 22 February we had our first regional networking event of 2017 in the ‘ever so rainy’ Birmingham. But the weather didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits, in fact we saw 52 people in Ludgate Hill’s Stirlings Bar – 11 of our trusty networkpartners and 41 law firm guests. If that wasn’t enough to get the […]

Commercial law firm Brabners, has selected Lexis InterAction as its customer relationship management (CRM) solution of choice from LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, a technology provider who works in partnership with customers to help transform legal services. InterAction will facilitate greater collaboration among fee earners across Brabners’ practice areas to deliver a better service to clients. Over 340 fee earners and […]

This article was also featured as an industry view in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Attracting new clients was the top concern of small and mediumsized law firm respondents when the results came in from our Lawyer-Entrepreneur 2017 report (October 2016). The respondents also agreed that while growth forecasts are good, […]

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Happy new year, LPM readers. Yes, it’s a bit belated – but to those who haven’t received our newsletter, we wanted to say may 2017 be a wonderful year. Now let’s move onto the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation […]

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  With the regulatory and legal landscape in a constant state of evolution, what services should you expect from your insurance broker, and how have these expanded over the past decade? Traditionally, a broker will represent your risk in the […]

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Over the past 18 months, I’ve noticed a significant change in the internal structure of law firms. As firms experience a change cycle for technology (such as updating IT systems or installing a new practice/case management system) they take […]

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  Without doubt, the biggest and first hurdle to overcome when strategically planning is to accept that lawyers (sometimes) find it difficult to deal with uncertainty, accept risk and support an intangible concept. But once you have them on board, […]

This article was also featured as a column in the February 2016 issue of LPM. To read the issue in full, download LPM.  In a recent email discussion with a bank manager, I asked the question: “What level of overdraft are you comfortable with offering a law firm?” I received an instant response saying: “I’m happy to tell you that it’s usually […]

iManage today announced that a growing number of law firms are selecting iManage Work as an effective way to transition off the Thomson Reuters Elite Envision practice management system as it approaches end-of-life. To date, more than 20 Envision customers use iManage Cloud or iManage Work on-premises for document and email management, including Bond Dickinson […]

The Brexit barometer was originally featured in the December issue of Briefing, download the full issue here.                    See the full Brexit barometer infographic       

LEAP, the leading legal software provider for small law firms, today launches LEAP 365 which enables a lawyer to work seamlessly worldwide on any PC, laptop, smartphone or Mac. LEAP 365 includes automated document production, time recording, billing and client accounting.  With LEAP 365 a lawyer can now access up-to-date, accounting and matter information from […]

Eclipse Legal Systems, the only Law Society Endorsed provider of legal software solutions, has today announced the release of its next generation client self-service platform. TouchPoint+ builds upon Eclipse’s TouchPoint system – a device-independent and interactive experience for legal service providers, their business partners and clients, which uses real-time data from Eclipse’s core Proclaim Case […]