associate news

National law firm Irwin Mitchell is celebrating after its groundbreaking partnership with the College of Law and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives was named the education and training initiative of the year at the prestigious British Legal Awards last week.

Redbrick Solutions are delighted to welcome full service London firm, Cornerstones, as their latest Practice Management and Business Intelligence client. The rapidly expanding firm who have recently moved into new offices in London are proud to offer their clients high quality legal advice both locally and nationally. Offering city expertise without city prices and a high level of expertise in their chosen fields, Cornerstones have recently grown their team and expanded their services to clients to include Conveyancing, Litigation and Immigration.

Over 100 people attended the event and 94 per cent of delegates rated the overall content as “excellent” or “very good”.

LexisNexis UK today announced it has entered into a exclusive partnership with 360 Legal Group. 360 Legal Group, a leading business consultant to the legal sector, has chosen to take Lexis®PSL Practice Compliance service as part of its offering to legal firms.

The Legal IT Business Show is Europe’s premier legal IT exhibition focusing on software and services for the legal profession. Each year the show provides a platform for 60 plus exhibitors to demonstrate the latest developments in legal business and operational efficiency to over 1100 senior managers and buyers from law firms and in-house legal departments.

Peppermint Technology has announced a five year contract with Ombudsman Services to provide an ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) handling system via the Peppermint Platform. The Platform will enable the Ombudsman Services to deliver improved and consistent client services through multiple channels.

Law firms do not see business development as a priority, according to new research from NatWest and Huthwaite Legal. The results come from a survey of delegates at NatWest’s 2012 legal conferences in association with business development specialists Huthwaite Legal.

Eclipse Legal Systems, the sector’s largest independent software solutions provider, has announced the impending release of a mobile time-recording application. The application – currently codenamed MyTime – will provide mobile time recording for users of Eclipse’s Proclaim case and practice management solutions.

ARAG celebrated at this week’s Eclipse Proclaim Personal Injury Awards 2012 after winning ‘Insurance Provider of the Year’. The awards aim to “highlight and celebrate the excellence of individuals and organisations across the personal injury claims sector”. ARAG is therefore proud to accept the honour of this award after beating off tough competition from the other shortlisted candidates.

Property search provider SearchFlow has launched the Portfolio Monitor, a major enhancement on the existing portfolio services aimed at its commercial clients.