associate news

Decision Insight Information Group, a leading provider of risk management and due diligence solutions for law firms, financial entities and real estate companies, has announced the appointment of Marshall King as CEO for Decision Insight Information Group – Europe, which includes Legal Futures Associate SearchFlow, Decision Insight Hub, Millar & Bryce, Rochford Brady, Lawlink NI and Xit2. The appointment was effective 17th September 2012.

Belfast law firm Paschal J O’Hare Solicitors has chosen Eclipse’s Proclaim practice management software system for a firm-wide roll-out.

Legal technology innovator, Peppermint Technology, today unveils its built-in help and knowledge facility, the Peppermint Knowledge Centre. Peppermint has done away with the traditional software manual, and instead a user has instant access to online help and information which is contextualised to wherever they are in the Peppermint Platform. The Knowledge Centre goes beyond software help, by allowing firms to add their own relevant content which could include business process guides, best practice and staff training information.

TikitTFB is pleased to announce that Southerns Solicitors has made a significant investment in Partner for Windows as part of an overall project to provide a high quality IT infrastructure throughout the practice.

Proportionality and preparation were the key messages for the legal sector at a Manchester seminar hosted by Weightmans and accountancy firm HURST this week for those lawyers in the COLP hotseat.

ARAG is pleased to announce a new partnership with specialist high net-worth (HNW) insurer Oak Underwriting to provide legal expenses and home emergency assistance insurance to its HNW portfolio.

Rubric has chosen Virtual Practices to support its ambition to stay at the forefront of change in the legal sector. The firm was founded by director James Howell this year as one of the new breed of dynamic, forward-thinking law firms launched in the wake of the Legal Services Act.

The UK’s largest independent legal software provider, Eclipse Legal Systems, is set to launch a dedicated COLP and COFA toolset. Eclipse’s new compliance toolset will be a fully integrated feature of the Proclaim case and practice management system.

This year’s conference, at the Belfry near Birmingham on 4-5 October, will once again aim to equip you with the ideas, tools and motivation to help you to realise the true value in your law firm within an ever changing external environment.

We will look at what is happening within the UK market place that will have an impact on law firms like yours and will also hear about how law firms in the US have responded to changes in their environment. Alongside this we will not ignore some of the practical factors that are impacting on you at the moment and will take some time during the programme to consider the impact of regulatory changes.

To drive growth in the fee protection insurance market, ARAG has entered into a partnership with Jim Hoyle, formerly of HLI Insurance Brokers (part of the CCV/Towergate Group). Jim was a chartered accountant before entering the insurance arena, so brings… Read More