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This page was last updated on September 16th. There are two sponsored links below followed by the normal entries... Software suppliers - P  Q  or go back to Software home page. P Pace Professional Systems specialises in the provision of software for law firms of all sizes. The company's Practice Management System is a SQL Server based product that addresses all law office functions including accounting, time recording, billing, case management and document management. LawPro uses clever database design in combination with Microsoft Office integration to provide seamless and powerful reporting and document generation. Its intuitive interface means that fee earners can use the product with virtually no training. Member of the Legal Software Suppliers Assocation Peapod Legal Office is dedicated to the legal market and offers the LEGALOffice suite of products which incorporate PRINTAForm with over 1,000 legal forms. The forms are used in over 1300 firms. OFFICECase is a case management system for high street firms and start ups, used in over 450 firms. This covers private and LSC work and is fully integrated with the forms product for all complex LSC forms and meets all billing requirements. It is simple to implement only needs one day of training. For accounts, there is a product called STRONGBox which has been around for 10 years in various past versions and now, in its Visual Basic version, is linked to the other packages. This is also easy to use and simple to operate and is used by over 500 firms. As well as a base in Middlesex, there is now an office in Moira, Northern Ireland. Pennik Limited is an application development and support company, specialising in the legal profession. Established in 2000, they provide services either directly to the client, or indirectly through third parties. Their specialisations lie in the following main areas: Digital Dictation and Speech Processing, Wills & Probate Case Management, Internet Technologies and Telephone Support Services. They have recently launched their own software specialising in case management for Probate and Lasting Powers of Attorney. The probate software, called Pro-File, is charged on a per matter basis providing firms a low-cost, low-risk way to obtain case management software. Peppermint Technology provides "The Legal Service Platform". The Platform enables a business to provide a highly personalised customer experience and to streamline and automate the back office. It delivers integrated case management, practice management, legal accounts and the market leading Microsoft CRM Dynamics Platform. The Platform is hosted in the "cloud" and can be accessed securely by customers, business partners and staff 24/7 from anywhere in the world. Applications available are as follows: Case Management, Practice Management , Legal Accounts & Intelligent Financial Management, Business Intelligence & Reporting, Industry leading Customer Relationship Management, Full customer self-service and self-assessment, Intelligent business process workflow connected to all data in the system, Intelligent business rule engine, Predictive outcome management, Collaborative online customer relationship tools, Collaborative online business partner tools and an App Store hosting integrated 3rd party applications and content. Member of the Legal Software Suppliers Assocation Perfect Software is a company specialising in accounts and time-recording for the smaller firm. Perfect Books 3 For Windows provides full Legal Accounting & Practice Management and optional time Recording facility with Complete franchise Management facility. The system works on any PC and handles all Solicitors Accounts Rules and all Vat variations and is guaranteed to be fully compatible. Practice management requires no additional input and is computed as the accounts are posted from existing paperwork. Time Recording handles both private and Legal Aid costings automatically and has full Franchise Management facilities. In April 2001 they released an updated criminal franchise version, which now includes the production of the CDS-6 and CDS-11. September 2001 saw the launch of a new database module, which works with the Perfect Books 3 Accounts system, and also provides a diary function and the ability to produce letters, documents and reports. Supported by friendly, experience staff, they are committed to supporting changes in accounts rules, legal-aid, franchising and practice management standards Performance Analytics has developed a comprehensive performance management model for law firms. The system, called Partner Insight, has been designed to provide both partners and individual fee earners with the ability to access a highly visual, colour coded view of performance, delivered against clear business objectives, strategies and key performance indicators. The Key Performance Indicators have been designed to meet the needs of a typical law firm and include a wide variety of complex measures including: Financial - Profit Costs, Time Booked at Cost, Realisation, Lock Up, and Aged Debt; Customers - Number of Matters from New and Existing Customers, Revenues from New and Existing Customers and Customer Loyalty; Internal Process - Monthly Lists and Time Sheets. The system enables a firm to have an automated and comprehensive view of all of their strategic measures. The colour coded, traffic light system highlights where attention is needed to ensure the continued success of both the individual fee earners and the firm as a whole. Pericom has a pedigree of service and customer care spanning four decades. They offer client driven network solutions for the legal and corporate market together with a comprehensive range of support facilities. Pericom is based in Milton Keynes with a national network of sales and support staff. Phoenix Business Solutions is a leading global provider of software solutions and IT/Business consultancy for professional services firms including many major firms of solicitors. They provide leading software solutions such as Document and Email Management, Knowledge Management, Enterprise Search, Risk Management, Compliance, Case & Matter Management, Time Management and Practice Support. The team at Phoenix pride themselves on delivering projects within the time scale and budget as well as meeting the agreed business objective. Pilgrim Systems has a history of innovation in law firm software. LawSoft, the flagship software for Matter, Case and Practice Management is the single most integrated solution available. It is available as either an end-to-end enterprise solution or as discrete modules for departmental solutions, integrated with existing technology. Pilgrim also offers market-leading Cloud solutions. The client base covers firms of all sizes, from boutique practices to those with many hundreds of fee earners. The company's goal is always to implement flexible solutions that provide a measurable return on investment. Pracctice has now taken the name of its key product, Osprey. Professional Choice Consultancy has now merged with Inpractice to form Inpractice UK Limited. Professional Technology (UK) Ltd is a long-established supplier of legal systems, having been active in this market since 1986. It is privately owned, based in Rochester, Kent and has a strong presence throughout England and Northern Ireland. Some 300 firms rely on their systems and they supply solutions for all sizes of practice. Their software is developed in-house and integrates with industry-standard programs such as Microsoft products and electronic forms programs from Shaws, Laserform and Oyez. The company carries out training and maintenance and can also provide hardware and networking infrastructure. Their products, Seriatim Case Management and Quaestor Financial Management systems, include extensive management reporting features that provide information to meet organisational needs as well as statutory requirements. Seriatim Case Management is provided on a 'pay-as-you-use' basis and thus does not impact significantly on the practice's financial resources whereas Quaestor is charged based on the number of active matters making it affordable to practices of all sizes. They can also offer all of their products together with Microsoft Office and Exchange mail on a hosted basis for a low, fixed monthly fee providing a complete desktop from their secure, high availability data centres. Q Quill Pinpoint has won The Institute of Legal Cashiers (ILCA) Solicitors Software Users Award 2010 Member of the Legal Software Suppliers Assocation Quill Pinpoint is a well established private company in the legal sector. Formed in 1978, with offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Wilton they specialize in supplying software and outsourced services to legal firms and professional companies. Quill Pinpoint employs over 80 staff with almost 50 being legal cashiers; this probably makes them the largest single employer of legal cashiers in the country. Quill Pinpoint has a combined client base of over 550 practices using Quill Pinpoint Interactive. Their application and service is unique in being web and browser based. This makes it popular with newly established niche and established practices seeking efficiency whilst retaining control and quality of service. The system handles everything from practice risk management, SAR and SRA compliancy as well as cash flow forecasting and now document management which is fully integrated with MS Office Suite. The service is offered to firms without the often painful and associated capital costs with other solutions; there is a monthly fee covering everything from the application, the hosting, the BC & DR planning and the full time legal cashier. Committed to both private and publicly funded firms almost 1/3 of their client base hold criminal or civil LSC contracts. Continue with next Software page..... or Software home page... or Lawyers home page. Comments or queries? Or a new software company to add? email delia@venables.co.uk