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This page was last updated on September 22nd. There is a sponsored link 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. Parasol Consultancy is an umbrella group for a number of businesses that provide independant Solcase and Visualfiles consultancy to law firms who have (or are thinking of buying) those products from Lexis Nexis. Members include Briefclick, DBS and Zylpha. Well known individuals in the group include Richard Arney, Tim Long, Affik Choudhury, Bryan Tulloch, Dave Hutchings and Alasdair Cunningham Smith. Peapod Solutions Ltd 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. They also sell a digital dictation product called DigiVoice. 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. Pilgrim Systems is one of the longest established UK Practice and Case Management System Suppliers. Pilgrim's flagship LawSoft software was one of the first to be engineered from the ground up for SQL Server, is highly regarded within the market and boasts one of the richest web clients available. These include Legal Accounts, Time & Billing, Document Management, Contact Management, Management Reporting and Case and Workflow tools.LawSoft is available as both a windows or web based product. LawSoft is primarily aimed at mid to large sized practices and they have offices in Edinburgh and London. Pracctice has now taken the name of its key product, Osprey. Probate Plus software, originally from Law Systems but now marketed by Sweet & Maxwell, is a program to automate the processes of probate work. The system, which is very widely used, records estate details and dealings from the first instructions to the final distributions. 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 for over 20 years. It is privately owned, based in Rochester, Kent and has a strong presence throughout England. 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, Shaws Forms on Disk and Laser Forms. 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. Put into Practice Ltd are Legal Software Specialists, offering a wide range of services to the Legal Profession. They are specialists in developing and implementing Case Management systems for Private Practice and Local Authority Legal Departments. They can also assist with Billing Systems, Forms Processing and Document Conversions. They offer Consultancy, Training, Data Integration all specifically geared to the Legal Profession. Q Featured in the Law Society's Software Solutions Guide 2007 Member of the Legal Software Suppliers Assocation Quill Pinpoint is a well established firm formed in 1978, with offices in Manchester Liverpool and Redcar. Quill Pinpoint employs over 80 staff with almost 50 being legal cashiers. This must make them the largest single employer of legal cashiers in the country. Quill Pinpoint has a combined client base of over 500 practices. Quill Interactive is used by over 325 small to medium sized private and publicly funded practices. The system not only assists practices with risk management solutions but also can be expanded from a simple single user system to over 100 users and many branches without changing versions. The system integrates with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook as well as third party case management. For Civil and Criminal Legally Aided practices Quill Interactive can produce the on line submission automatically. Pinpoint Interactive is Quill's web based legal accounting system and service. With 14 years experience of outsourcing, Pinpoint has unique solutions to the back and front office problems which face many practices today. With no capital expenditure on software and no training, recruitment or retention costs for a legal cashier, Pinpoint can assist practices to conform to the Law Society's SAR, LSC and HMRC requirements. 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