Features and Analysis
- Six reasons why…
29 August 2012 9:30 PM…you should consider switching to managed services now Ten years ago, Martin Kaye Solicitors outsourced their IT function. It was a bold decision back then I should know, I was...
Read More - Seven pillars of wisdom
29 August 2012 9:15 PMSometimes itís a good idea to just take a step back and take a look at the very fundamentals of good business practice. Success is not always down to inspiration...
Read More - Getting more for less
29 August 2012 9:03 PMAt a time of continuing economic pressure, Chris Cann highlights a number of options for getting more from practice systems without necessarily having to make major investments. Case Management systems...
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- Six reasons why…
At the Coalface
- Cann-do: Strategic options for IT
16 August 2012 8:44 PMA range of consulting services designed to: help firms gain a clearer picture of the IT options available to them in the context of their short, medium and long-term business...
Read More - Cann-do: Case management and legal process
16 August 2012 8:42 PMA range of consulting and hands-on services designed to help firms fast-track: the roll out of new case management systems; the enhancement of existing systems for volume work; the development...
Read More - Cann-do: Risk management and OFR, CQS and Lexcel
16 August 2012 8:32 PMA range of consulting and hands-on services designed to help firms: measure their readiness for outcomes-focused regulation; map out a path to gaining Lexcel accreditation; assess their credentials for the...
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- Cann-do: Strategic options for IT
Supplier Spotlight
- ETSOS – The conveyancing search supermarket
16 October 2012 9:17 PMETSOS is the country’s leading ‘search supermarket’ or aggregator, with a free-to-use online platform enabling users to review, compare and buy a broad range of conveyancing-oriented products from different suppliers....
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- ETSOS – The conveyancing search supermarket
News and Views
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Redeploy your credit controller for success in private paying family work after 1 April
Posted on March 9, 2013 | No CommentsIn most legal business models the credit controller is operating several steps after the horse has bolted. The fee earner has to bill the client (often late and when pressed... -
Paperless office – the reality – Part IV
Posted on February 9, 2013 | No CommentsIt has been a month or so now since I abandoned paper and I think I will be able to make it work for my business. In an earlier post... -
Legal Ombudsman time limits changing
Posted on January 28, 2013 | No CommentsMost solicitors, or at least managing partners, now have the automatic updates by email from the Law Society and SRA, but, like me, you may have missed the changes the... -
Paperless office – can it be a reality? Part III
Posted on January 2, 2013 | No CommentsI’ve been beavering away over the Christmas break and you’ll see from the photographs below the results of my toil. Very nearly a yard of paper! And this is just... -
Paperless office continued (Part II)
Posted on December 23, 2012 | No CommentsThe project continues apace. The ScanSnap S1500 has proved to be as good as the commentators on the web said it would be. it scans really quickly, takes different sized... -
Can I make a paperless office a reality? (Part I)
Posted on December 22, 2012 | No CommentsFor the whole of my career in the law I have had a real interest in IT and how it might be used to improve efficiency for law firms and... -
What should the new COLPs and COFAs do first?
Posted on December 10, 2012 | No CommentsWe are now just days away from the SRA announcing approval to the thousands of hopeful COLPs and COFAs in law businesses around the country. But once approved…what then? I... -
Find the time to be the leader your business needs
Posted on November 11, 2012 | No CommentsI read a blog the other day from the excellent E-Myth stable. Read the article here.. I have worked with a number of law firms over the years, some of... -
Voice recognition in the legal market
Posted on October 21, 2012 | No CommentsAttending the Winscribe user conference last week it struck me that voice recognition is very much a ‘Marmite-thing’ in the legal world. †You either love it or you don’t. If... -
Alternative Legal IT conference 2012
Posted on September 21, 2012 | No CommentsI attended the Alternative Legal IT conference on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. This was my third such conference and was probably the best so far. The venue (Heythrop...