associate news

LexisNexis UK has announced that the Halsbury Legal Awards 2013 has released its shortlist. The 14 categories with a list of those nominated are now available on the awards’ website.

Omnia Legal Software formally launches its Omnia program today, enabling solicitors and costs lawyers to meet the new costs budgeting requirements coming into force in April 2013.

Legal Secretary Emma Hanson of Sheffield based law firm PM Law, was this week announced as the winner of an ipad mini in the PSG Customer Service Questionnaire prize draw. Emma has worked in conveyancing for over 9 years for various firms in and around Sheffield. Whenever she has changed her place of work she has taken PSG as her preferred search provider with her.

One of the UK’s largest personal injury law firms, Camps Solicitors, has implemented Eclipse’s Proclaim practice management software system for its 300 staff.

Law firm network LawNet has launched a ‘Mark of Excellence’ in client service that’s designed to give member firms a competitive edge. The Mark is set out in a client service charter and will provide a nationally-recognisable and robust measure of quality to clients. Practice performance will be measured through a suite of tools especially designed for LawNet firms, including compulsory online satisfaction surveys, training and mystery shopping. Compliance with the mark will be audited as part of the LawNet ISO 9001 standard.

IRIS Legal is delighted to announce a major new deal with Band Hatton Button LLP that will see the firm migrate its current practice management solution onto the fully managed IRIS Law Business hosted platform.

The Conveyancing Association has announced its official endorsement of Legal Eye compliance services and products. Legal Eye has been working with The Conveyancing Association and it has now progressed this partnership and agreed a discount on the services offered by Legal Eye for its members.

The “Managing Client Relationships – the truth in professional services” 2013 benchmark study is now live. It’s being undertaken by Managing Partners Forum in conjunction with The Thriving Company, and is said to be unique in tracking the effort and processes used by professional firms to manage client relationships, identifying those with the greatest correlation with success, gaining feedback on the performance of systems and advisors, and providing expert commentary and ideas.

Compliance Manager UK Ltd are to launch version 2 of their new Compliance Manager software suite on Stand 51 at this year’s Legal IT show. Designed by law firm management professionals to provide all compliance officers with a fully comprehensive software management system complete with integrated compliance and risk management monitoring and reporting facilities, Compliance Manager includes modules covering all aspects of law firm compliance under OFR including Risk Management, Client & Matter Management, Fee Earner Supervision Management, Complaints Management, Compliance Planning & Reporting, Compliance Failure Management, Automated Alerts & Notifications, Register Maintenance & Review Systems.

Dying Matters (www.dyingmatters.org) has teamed up with Certainty to offer members free Will Registration.

Dying Matters is a wide ranging and inclusive coalition which aims to change public attitudes towards death and bereavement in England, encouraging greater engagement on related issues. Will writing and making sure that loved ones can find the Will is an important part of the process. Every year thousands of families cannot find a Will following the death of a loved one.