Legal Software and Information Technology Suppliers T to Z
Information on software suppliers, IT consultants and companies associated with legal software, maintained by Delia Venables.
These descriptions are based partly on Delia's own notes and partly on the information provided by the suppliers themselves.
Thompson Moore Associates (TMA) provide "SiMS", a comprehensive practice
management system written using PROGRESS, the most widely used embedded
relational database in the world. A flexible and powerful central registry
is supplemented by full accounting and time-recording capability, effective
marketing support and a raft of reports as standard. Much of the software
is written with fee earner use in mind and has been developed with the input
of lawyers and key support staff.
Well established - trading since 1984 - TMA have a relatively small but
prestigious client-base. They have spent much of the last couple of years
developing the system with these key clients but are now looking to approach
the market with their latest level of software and a condensed version
targeting the smaller firm.
Thomson Elite is a software product and services company,
now part of the Thomson Group, providing integrated solutions to the financial, legal and professional
services market. Elite's products are focused primarily on time tracking, billing, internal accounting
and other administrative functions including marketing, records management, case management and conflicts
of interest prevention. The system is used by 50% of the UK's top 20 law firms. There are more than 850
sites in 35 countries, including more than 80 in the UK and Europe. According to the Legal Technology
Insider survey Thomson Elite is the leading Practice Manager supplier with 25% of the top 250 legal
firms in the United Kingdom using the system. There is a relationship with Visualfiles, to provide
"best of breed" case management. There is now also a product called "Out of the Box" for smaller firms.
Tikit is a leading provider of IT solutions and support services to
the legal and accounting industries, working with 90 of the top 100 UK law firms and over 250 accounting practices.
Established in 1994, Tikit has headquarters in London and further offices throughout the UK and in Madrid and Paris.
Tikit has recently taken over TFB - see entry under TFB above.
Timebase, marketed by Tricostar (see below)
is a product specifically designed for local authorities.
With around 50 local authorities using the system, it is the leader in
this particular field. The central Timebase product provides real time
and retrospective time recording and provides extensive reporting
facilities. Timebase v 10 is a subset of Tricostar Legal (again, see below) and
comes packed with 4 matter management licenses and so can be extended
simply to include matter management.
Member of the Legal Software Suppliers Assocation Timeslice Ltd
longstanding Docklands based suppliers to the legal profession
since 1975, offer software called LAWMAN, the latest version of their Practice
Management Software. The new system incorporates all the features of previous
versions of the software still used by a number of major firms, now in a modern
Windows NT, SqlServer, VB technology platform. Features include comprehensive
Client Matter database, Billing, draft
Billing, Batch and Digital time recording, integrated ledgers as well as
catering for recent requirements such as Money laundering compliance.
Users can access the system via a 'Fee Earner 'style desktop with full
integration to other commonly used software i.e. word, outlook, excel.
The system also offers internet integration with a client access via
a security controlled web portal.
Topaz Filer is an efficient e-mail filing solution for lawyers.
Simply select the e-mail within Outlook, drag and drop it into a matter and a copy of the e-mail will be stored in
whatever document management system (DMS) or enterprise content management (ECM) you already use along with all
other matter documentation. Designed to work with what you already have, Topaz Filer integrates in with your
existing practice management system, customer relationship management system, accountancy package or custom database.
TrackYOurMove.com is a service provided to
firms of solicitors which enables their clients to track house moves on the TrackYourMove.com site.
From the point of view of the client, it provides real-time case updates by email or to a mobile telephone.
Tricostar are the producers of
Timebase,
which has been used to Time Record in the public sector for the past 19 years. It was the first product
in the public sector to introduce real time, time recording and time recording for PDA’s. Today it is
being used by over 45 local authorities for
Time Recording,
Case Management and
Court Bundling.
Timebase is one of the most configurable products available today – available for professional services
departments whether recording time against activities for individual files (e.g. legal services) or
recording the same activities and tasks against multiple client departments or cost centres
(e.g. finance or IT departments). The same applies to Court Bundling for legal departments & Court;
the system can be used where other departments need to prepare Document Bundles of all types.
Each department can retain secure access to their data and reporting but consolidated data across
the whole organisation can be extracted for corporate reporting.
The application can work from within Outlook as well as in a separate browser. It can work from any IE browser
or PDA and even off line on a laptop. All workflows can be user generated
and it uses simple "drag & drop" to create workflows and to move documents around.
Videss has been acquired by Iris Legal Solutions. Videss Videss is a well
established supplier of legal IT systems, having 25 years
of experience in working exclusively with solicitors. Based in Bradford
with a branch office in Swindon, they have almost 10,000 individual users of
their Legal Office integrated Practice and Case Management software.
Clients vary in size
from 600 user, multi-branch sites, through to Sole Practitioner level.
They offer a complete one-stop IT solution, providing software, hardware,
installation, training, Help Desk support and a full 'Facilities Management'
service. Legal Office integrates with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook and
includes database, accounts, time recording & billing, case management,
diary management and management reporting facilities. The software can be
web-enabled, allowing secure remote fee earner access and client access to
selected live matter information.
Their recently released v10 represents the next generation of legal process management software
and has been developed for the modern integrated law practice/departments and mobile lawyers.
Built with flexibility at its centre, the single database underpins every business application you need
to run a practice, from accounts, time recording and case management to appointments, scanning and digital dictation.
Their recently
redesigned website offers 'Tours' of Personal Injury and Conveyancing case
management systems.
Virgo Accounts, from
Irwin Associates
is a comprehensive yet easy to use, single-user accounting system.
It complies with the requirements of the solicitors accounts rules for England and Wales
and meets the requirements of Legal Aid franchising. The software comprises client
and office accounting and time recording, as well as comprehensive reporting and
enquiries, and the facility to export details to spreadsheets, word processing or
database packages. It is a character-based system that operates under MS-DOS or
any Windows system. Cost of the software can be as little as £199 plus VAT.
Member of the Legal Software Suppliers Assocation
Visualfiles is now known as LexisNexis Visualfiles Visualfiles (previously Solicitec) was
formed in 1985 to develop and market legal case management systems; then in July 2006, they became part
of LexisNexis, a member of Reed Elsevier, a FTSE 100 company with 3.2 million customers in 100+ countries.
LexisNexis is a leading provider of Practice & Productivity Management solutions, working with customers to
drive productive, reliable and profitable decisions. Visualfiles includes leading case and matter management
solutions that ensure firms increase efficiencies by allowing them to more effectively define and deploy their
own business processes, meet compliance requirements, control quality standards, and increase service levels.
Visualfiles software is designed to automate high volume, repetitive tasks from debt collection and recoveries
to residential conveyancing, personal injury and money laundering.
VLI Ltd specialises in providing law firms with practice,
case and document management solutions that integrate with websites and back office applications
in a single unified platform. Web-based products include easy-to-use interfaces that securely provide
accurate, real time information whenever and wherever needed.
vli introduces the correct mix of people and products to provide a fully integrated and scalable
solution that will improve the efficiency and profitability of the law firm. Clients include
Stewarts, Rooks Rider and
Batchelors.
Zylpha is a software house providing specialist solutions for law firms
and numerous departments of organisations in public and private sectors.
Many of the products can be readily integrated into existing case and matter management systems for
maximum savings in annual running costs.
* DocBinder allows multiple documents to be collated into a single, pdf document. An index is automatically
produced and a variety of page number styles can be added if required to the index, categories and document pages.
* Available as either a standalone solution or integrated with SolCase®, Visualfiles ® and other leading Case Management systems,
their Court Bundling solution allows users to produce fast and flexible Court Bundles in configurable, pre-defined formats.
* Zylpha has teamed up with Callcredit, an established leader in this field with its award winning CallML® product,
to develop a tight Case Management System integration module, identityPLUS.
* HIPCase allows organisations to compile a HIP directly from documents held in their existing systems or stored in
the Case Management System history.
* Zylpha’s Possession Claims Online (PCOL) integration module has been specifically designed to integrate the SolCase®
and Visualfiles® case management systems with Her Majesty’s Court Service (HMCS) internet based service for mortgage repossession.
PCOL is a convenient and secure way of making or responding to certain types of possession claims on the internet.
The service allows the user to monitor their claim from issue, through warrant to possession.
