The Paperless Office – 12 months on. By Peter Garsden.

Article by Peter Garsden of Abney Garsden McDonald Solicitors

On 6th September 2010, Abney Garsden McDonald solicitors took the plunge and went paperless. In a previous article I described the process of evolution from conventional paper files, through scanning all incoming correspondence in 2003, to “paperless” a year ago.

We now have clean desks, fewer filing cabinets, large bins for shredding on each floor, and 2 screens to look at, rather than one. Here are some practical points about how we operate...

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Proclaim: Report on Title

Did you know that Proclaim Conveyancing contains an automated ‘Report on Title’ feature that enables you to rapidly provide the relevant information for your clients?

Report on Title is available at the click of a button, and can be streamlined into your workflow to make its creation as simple as possible.

Idris Mir, Senior Partner at Mir Solicitors LLP, began using the new Report on Title facility of Proclaim’s  Conveyancing Unit recently:

“The whole ethos of our service level is to reduce burdensome tasks whilst still providing perfect transparency and first class service for our clients.  Tools such as the Report on Title creator fit in perfectly with this ethos and enable us to provide a slick, accurate conveyancing service which is more cost effective to the firm, enabling us to proceed through the conveyancing transaction seamlessly and effortlessly.  A very well written programme that I wholeheartedly recommend.”

Proclaim integration – Land Registry Business Gateway

The Land Registry has recently announced that it has dropped the proposed charge of £7,000 for conveyancers to utilise its Business Gateway.

This is fantastic news for the property sector, coming after much lobbying from various parties including Eclipse.

The turnaround will enable conveyancers to benefit from Business Gateway features without a prohibitive cost element.

We have requested formal specifications from the Land Registry to enable us to integrate Proclaim Conveyancing with the Gateway.  These have been promised for mid-September – we will keep you updated regarding progress.

Hill Dickinson Claim Solutions selects Eclipse's Proclaim system in £250k investment

HDCS (Hill Dickinson Claim Solutions) has chosen Eclipse's Proclaim Case Management Software system to replace the firm's legacy claims management systems.

The specialist unit at Hill Dickinson LLP (a Top 35 UK law firm) provides a complete claims management service on behalf of insurance clients, acting for some of the country's leading organisations including household names such as Tesco Insurance.

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New website design service launched by Eclipse

The UK's leading provider of Case Management Software, Eclipse Legal Systems, has launched a new website design service for law firms and legal services organisations.

Aimed at firms wishing to implement a new - or improve an existing - online presence, Eclipse's 'Dynamic Webdesign' service is built around a Content Management System (CMS) to provide unrivalled flexibility and fluidity.  Eclipse employs its own web design function entirely in-house, with no element of the service outsourced.

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