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iManage (Autonomy iManage) is a worldwide company offering document
management, content management, intranets, collaborative workspaces and portal software
for major firms. The major software suite is called The Interwoven 6 Product Suite.
Interwoven has been acquired by
Autonomy.
Infographics is the UK distribution partner for FloSuite business
process and case management software, used by UK Legal 200 and major
international corporate law firms (see also the entry under F, above).
Built on .NET technology, FloSuite
enables legal specialists to define, deploy and continually evolve core
business processes in real time, directly from the desktop, without any
IT development requirement. This flexibility allows FloSuite to support
cross-discipline legal case management and team-based collaboration, as
well as automating processes like new file opening.
infolaw provides a full range of electronic publishing services
for the legal sector, plus electronic forms and precedents and document assembly solutions using HotDocs.
Inpractice UK is one of the largest independent specialist
consultancies working with lawyers across the UK to develop new business strategies and to improve performance
by opening up new opportunities and improving profits. A team of 10 experienced consultants each with their areas of
expertise (people development, client relationships, market research, risk management, bids and tenders) that
include selection of IT systems, making better use of existing IT, improvement of business processes, introducing
CRM and HR systems.
InQuisita Law is now part of IRIS Legal. See entry under
IRIS InQuisitaLaw
Interface Software was bought by LexisNexis.
See entry under
LexisNexis Interaction.
IRIS Legal is the largest privately owned UK software company and is
the main supplier of case and practice management and electronic legal forms to the UK legal sector.
Companies which now form part of IRIS Legal include AIM, Videss, Mountain, Laserform, OPSIS, AlphaLAW,
Formation Software and Shaw's Forms on Disk. The software portfolio includes practice and case management
(including workflow), electronic forms, customer relationship management (CRM), business intelligence,
skills and resource management, document imaging, HR & payroll all underpinned by managed and hosted service
offerings. With 30 years of experience and 300 specialist staff, IRIS Legal Solutions supports over
5,500 legal services providers and over 154,000 users.
Descriptions of the key legal software products provided by IRIS Legal follow:
IRIS Law (Business Edition)
is a 'ready to run' accounting, billing and case management solution that require minimal set up, implementation and
training. It provides a complete, advanced legal office software solution including the automatic creation, storage and retrieval of
standard documents, pre-written legal workflows, reporting, Microsoft Outlook integration and a digital dashboard which collates all aspects
of your fee earners' day into a single viewable window. IRIS Law (Business Edition) is integrated with IRIS Laserform and has
very strong Legal Aid capabilities.
IRIS Law (Enterprise Edition)
is an enterprise level Legal accounts, practice and case management solution for large law firms and is a
flagship product in the IRIS Legal portfolio. IRIS Law (Enterprise Edition) is fully integrated with IRIS
Fully configurable workflows and advanced legal accounts make this product ideal for large
firms with complex working practices.
IRIS Law Scotland
is a legal accounting, billing and case management solution specifically designed for Scottish law firms that require
minimal set up, implementation and training. It provides a complete, advanced legal office software solution including the automatic
creation, storage and retrieval of standard documents, pre-written legal workflows, reporting, Microsoft Outlook integration and a digital
dashboard which collates all aspects of your fee earners' day into a single viewable window.
IRIS Law Scotland is integrated with IRIS Laserform.
IRIS InQuisita Law is a web-based specialist chambers management system,
which includes diary, case and fees management, together with time
billing and invoicing functionality. It features a simple operational
design containing features for all types of user, including diary
management, time recording, billing workflow, invoicing, document
management, reporting and marketing. It facilitates the ease of sharing
of information - both internally within chambers and externally to third
party applications. It is fully customisable and configurable. The
software requires little familiarisation, with all functions clearly
identifiable by icons and menus. Extensive use of hyperlinks ensures
that all key information is easy to find, with predictive text entry and
shortcuts allowing users to speed through their daily tasks. The
powerful search engine makes finding data simple. The comprehensive set
of pre-defined reports enable information to be easily extracted on
demand for analysis and to support the chambers strategic
decision-making process. There are 2 optional extras - IQ Exchange to
view diary and tasks from hand-held devices, and IQ Guardian for back up
and disaster recovery.
IRIS Laserform provides users access to a library of over 1600 legally
accurate UK electronic legal forms, with many features built-in to
improve efficiency, risk management and save time. Unique functionality
includes context sensitive help within the most difficult forms, forms
bundle to link and save a group of associated forms as one file, screen
notes function to add ad hoc comments to a form in sticky note style,
bulletin reminders for advanced notification of updated, new and
obsolete forms, Word text editing including legal numbering, intranet
forms version for browser-based organisations. Complementary support
services comprise online services for form updating and regular
information bulletins. Add-on products include the IHT400+ enhanced
inheritance tax forms application for automatic data population and
calculation, and SDLT e-Submissions software for electronic submission
of SDLT forms from their desktop direct to the HMRC Government Gateway.
IRIS Meridian Law is used by the vast majority of UK chambers and has
successfully serviced the Bar for over 20 years. It enables clerks to
specify and control the automation of a wide range of tasks and manage
the workload of any number of barristers through effective document,
billing and diary management, with reporting and client contact
facilities. Benefits include improved billing and cash collection
through automated workflows, optimised chambers' performance through
defined and measured key performance indicators and reporting, increased
revenue through improved management of cases and diaries, effective
management of barristers' workloads through more efficient document
management, reporting and client contact facilities.
IRIS Meridian Law Connected is a feature-rich chambers management system
which offers real business efficiencies to chambers. The product
extends its functional reach beyond clerks, providing key information
and analysis to barristers and chambers managers. Sophisticated
workflows support each case in order to easily manage procedures and
handle debt. These can be tailored to suit the needs of the chambers,
clients or individual cases. It offers assistance with all types of
graduated fees calculation, meaning that claims can be produced quickly,
easily and accurately. Integrated marketing functionality enables you
to run targeted campaigns to your selection of database contacts via
email, post or fax using a wide range of user definable criteria. The
intuitive CRM module means greater visibility of your relationships with
existing clients, which in turn will improve retention and grow your
business by helping to identify cross-selling opportunities and win new
customers. The business intelligence reporting module offers users the
ability to effortlessly generate detailed, analytical reports and charts
which enable in-depth analysis of chambers activities such as the
origins of work referral and the turnaround of fee payments.
IRIS Shaw's Forms on Disk contains an extensive catalogue of local
government, legal and finance electronic forms in a user-friendly
format. Time saving benefits include flexible fields to cater for
varying lengths of entry text, auto-population of company details and
clauses, help guides and user prompts to assist users through form
completion, searchable catalogue to easily locate relevant forms, online
updating facility and e-bulletin
update service.
Isokon is the leading supplier of software for trust
and probate and the only supplier of court of protection software. Their solutions can be
scaled for large firms or small ones (there are currently over 1000
individual users at 90 firms using the software).
Isokon employ a team of former practitioners and tax experts who actually
help users to do the work. This means that users are able to send an email
or make a call and will receive a detailed answer within minutes. Isokon
can also connect remotely and actually show the practitioner what to do.
94% of their support queries do not concern the software at all but how to
do the work.
Isokon undertake to tailor any part of the software to fit the client's
needs. They customize letters, workflows, estate accounts and anything else
that the client requests. Isokon also take requests from users and put them
into the development chain so that others may adopt them if they so wish.
All customisation is free of charge.
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j t-w consulting ltd helps lawyers implement quality and
risk management systems. The company provides qualified professionals who are experts in Lexcel, QMS4LAW®, ISO9001:2008,
BARMARK® and IIP. Further support includes training in Management, Quality Management, Appraisal, and other related subjects,
all SRA approved for CPD.
The name of the firm comes from founder and key consultant Jay Tayler-Webb.
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