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.
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Tikit is the leading independent provider of IT consultancy, services and technology to legal and accounting firms.
Tikit's clients in the UK, Europe and the United States include more than 90 of the UK's top 100 law firms, 20 of the top 50 US law firms and 18 of the top
50 UK accountancy firms. Headquartered in London - and listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM:TIK) - Tikit combines in-depth knowledge of
the business needs of legal and accounting firms with a unique capability to plan, implement, integrate and support virtually all of the IT requirements of
a modern legal or accounting practice. See also TikitTFB below.
For Timeslice Ltd, providers of the LAWMAN software, see under
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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.
Videss is now part of IRIS Legal. See entry in
IRIS Legal.
Videss Legal Office / V9 is an enterprise level Legal accounts, practice and
case management solution for large law firms and remains a fully
supported product in the IRIS Legal portfolio. Videss Legal Office is
fully integrated with IRIS Laserform.
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 most
Windows systems. Cost of the software is just £199.
Virtual Practices from SOS provides the latest .net
practice and matter management software, SOS Connect, at no capital cost. Delivered as
'Software as a Service' on a monthly subscription, it is a particularly good solution
for new start-ups and growing law firms.
The software fully integrates into the familiar environment of Microsoft Word and Outlook and
includes customer relationship management (CRM), intuitive time recording and billing, auto document creation,
matter / case management and automatic email filing.
They can also provide a fully outsourced legal cashiering service. The firm's accounts are managed on-line by a
team of highly skilled specialists in compliance with SAR's. They provide full bank reconciliations and
financial/ business month-end reports.
Virtual Practices provides the fee-earner with all the tools needed to run an efficient and profitable law practice
with 24hr access to their system from anywhere with internet access and an assurance that all data
is stored and backed-up off site at a specialist hosting centre.
There are no upfront capital costs, annual maintenance or network
hardware costs.
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:
* IdentityPlus allows users to perform online identity verification of clients in seconds for anti-money laundering purposes. The system can use
either the URU service from GB Group or the CallML service from Callcredit Ltd both of whom are established leaders in this field.
* DocBinder allows organisations to compile a bundle of documents, such as a Court Bundle, directly from documents held in their existing
systems or stored in the Case Management System history. DocBinder has out of the box integration to Worksite 8, SolCase, Visualfiles, Lawsoft
and other leading case management systems. Documents are automatically converted to pdf and paginated and an index is generated.
* Dealbible aids the creation of deal bibles conforming to the "Litig" standard. The system collates all deal documents into a single folder
correctly names them and produces an index. Integrates with Worksite 8, Visualfiles, SolCase and other leading case management systems.
*ZylphaSend allows large or sensitive documents to be delivered electronically and completely securely without using email. The system can dramatically
improve the speed and security of document delivery as well as reducing carbon footprint and printing costs.
* 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.
