associate news
New Virtual Practices website launches with resources for new breed of lawyer
Virtual Practices (VP), the hosted legal software and outsourced cashiering service, now has a new website aimed at start-up, specialist and boutique legal businesses. The sit goes live today and features a new resource area to help entrepreneurial lawyers who are considering starting their own firm or are revisiting how they operate in 2013.
Thomas Guise chooses SOS Connect as its legal software partner
Midlands law firm Thomas Guise has chosen as its legal software partner to help support its growth strategy. The firm is based in Worcester, with another office in Studley in Warwickshire, and also recently opened an office in central Birmingham.… Read More
LexisNexis announces ‘preferred licensing partnership’ deal with Hart Publishing
LexisNexis UK has announced that it is continuing to respond to customer requests for additional journal content by entering into a preferred licensing partnership with Hart Publishing. The deal will see the addition of seven new full text journal titles… Read More
Sweet & Maxwell and the Government Legal Service pilot innovative approach to delivering training
Sweet & Maxwell, part of Thomson Reuters and a leading provider of solutions to the legal industry, has collaborated with The Government Legal Service (GLS) to pilot an innovative solution that delivers legal training to lawyers employed by the British government. The solution, a modular training webinar with CPD accreditation, extends the reach of GLS training programs, and is a more effective and flexible way of training the 2,000 government lawyers located across the country.
Eradicating delays in cost recovery with Proclaim
A Neat Legal Services is one of the leading legal costs firms in the UK, specialising in claims including clinical negligence and catastrophic injury. The firm employs over 40 staff to serve a client base throughout England and Wales.
Smith Jones Solicitors makes six-figure investment in firm-wide Proclaim practice management solution
Expanding personal injury (PI) law firm Smith Jones Solicitors is implementing Eclipse’s Proclaim practice management software system in a deal valued at over £100,000. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2013, Smith Jones focuses purely on PI claims, boasting accreditation from both the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and Motor Accident Solicitors Society.
IRIS Legal’s new user group launches with over 600 users
IRIS Legal, the UK’s leading provider of legal software, has launched a new user group to provide a knowledge sharing forum for its customers and to collaborate with them on existing services and new product development.
Tikit expands managed services capability and expertise
Over the past year Tikit has witnessed a growing demand for its managed services and related outsourcing activities. Professional services firms seeking to implement industry leading best practice and gain the benefits from outsourcing all, or part, of their IT services have increasingly turned to Tikit for its capability and expertise.
Peppermint enables international legal advisers to provide first-class client service
International legal advisers Anaford AG has implemented Peppermint legal software to help provide high worth private clients with an elite level of highly personalised services. From offices in Switzerland Anaford serves the needs of international private clients, offering tailor-made tax and wealth planning strategies and structures.
LexisNexis launches mobile CRM tool for InterAction customers
LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions, a leading provider of content and technology solutions, has announced the availability of Lexis InterAction Mobility, a mobile CRM tool and the latest addition to CRM solution suite, Lexis InterAction.










