Technology

Lancashire law firm Davies & Gribbin Solicitors has selected the Proclaim Practice Management software solution from Legal Futures Associate Eclipse for firm-wide rollout.

Whether catering for high end clients from its office in St John’s Wood, north London, or serving the needs of the wider population from its Ipswich base, Attwells Solicitors LLP is determined to provide a modern, efficient service with the focus centred on customer care.

After nine years heading up his own firm, then merging with another and finally in 2010 returning to practice as a sole trader, Peter Felton of Feltons Law switched to the outsourced accounting and legal software services of Bath-based Virtual Practices and has never looked back.

Legal software supplier Eclipse Legal Systems has helped a Midlands firm of debt recovery solicitors to become the first business to exploit a new e-mail claims gateway opened by the County Court Bulk Centre in Northampton.

Leading personal injury law firm Fentons Solicitors LLP has replaced its practice management software with Proclaim from Legal Futures Associate Eclipse to help manage rapid growth.

Legal software specialist Pilgrim Systems has formed a partnership with law firm IT consultants Kestrel Business Solutions to help maintain service levels to clients during a period of growth.

Alternative ways of delivering legal services continue to grow with the launch of two web-based, fixed-fee Q&A services, and what is claimed to be the first Twitter “law firm”. The two websites – www.expert-answers.co.uk and www.questiontheexpert.com – both use panels of qualified lawyers to answer questions put by users, while @thelegaloracle is the brainchild of the founder of personal injury referral network Loyalty Law.

Stratford-upon-Avon law firm Lodders has upgraded its practice management system to SOS Connect, the flagship product of Legal Futures Associate Solicitors Own Software. Lodders has installed the system in a ‘big bang’ implementation across three offices and 120 users.

A case study from Legal Futures Associate Eclipse Legal Systems: Helphire Group plc is the UK’s leading provider of accident assistance services to drivers involved in non-fault accidents. From humble beginnings in 1992, Helphire today employs over 1,700 people across five locations and offers a range of services including vehicle repairs, replacement hire, uninsured loss recovery and injury claims management.

Manchester-based law firm United Solicitors has invested in the Proclaim case management system from Legal Futures Associate Eclipse for a practice-wide roll-out.

Heathrow-based energy and shipping law firm Curtis Davis Garrard (CDG) and Oxfordshire commercial firm BrookStreet des Roches LLP have both switched to Pilgrim Systems’ practice management software from Iris Legal Solutions.

Leading case management software provider, Eclipse Legal Systems, has announced further investment in its market-leading road traffic accident claims solution.

Lawyers are quick to embrace new technology which is seen as essential to their everyday working lives, research has suggested.

The Will-U-Wait service launched earlier this year by Thursfields LLP is a very public example of the type of innovation that will help law firms thrive in a post-Legal Services Act landscape. The service enables clients to have individually tailored wills produced within an hour of the end of their first appointment. It is a premium service designed to meet urgent needs or help those who do not have time for multiple trips to their solicitors.

Leading personal injury expert Chris Fry has chosen the Proclaim case management solution from Legal Futures Associate Eclipse for his new South Yorkshire practice, Unity Law.