Proclaim ABS Personal Injury Case Management Software - Express Solicitors

“Any PI organisation wanting to survive and thrive must seriously consider adopting Proclaim ABS PI.”
James Maxey, Partner

Express Solicitors is a specialist accident and medical claims practice, dedicated to providing an expert and unrivalled service on a no-win, no-fee basis.

The Challenge
With the introduction of Alternative Business Structures (ABS), Express Solicitors required an integrated solution for nose-to-tail management of personal injury claims. Of key importance were scalability (Express employs over 100 staff and is expanding rapidly) and the ability to manage work processes within claims management, personal injury litigation and medical reporting.


The Solution
Eclipse’s Proclaim ABS PI solution is the market’s only system dedicated to the requirements of ABS-era personal injury organisations. Proclaim ABS PI was implemented across all Express business units, providing a complete solution at every step of the claims process.


The Results
The system allows Express to take a global approach to its cases, regardless of entry point into the business or the type of claim. As Proclaim manages files across FNOL (first notification of loss), medical reporting and litigation, Express staff have access to a centralised dashboard for viewing and tracking otherwise complex and disparate data and timelines

By utilising dedicated Proclaim workflows dependent upon the type and stage of claim, Express is assured of a consistent and quality approach to personal injury caseloads. All administrative chores are automated, freeing up ‘value adding’ time at every step of the process.

Express has ambitious plans to expand further, following a £3million investment in early 2012, and sees Proclaim as the perfect partner to facilitate that growth.

Link to pdf version

Proclaim Alternative Business Structures Personal Injury goes live

A Manchester-based law firm that recently announced its £3million expansion plans has become the first practice in the country to implement Proclaim ABS PI.

Express Solicitors – a current Eclipse client – employs over 80 staff and has recently embarked upon a campaign to recruit an additional 40.  The firm specialises in personal injury (PI) and clinical negligence claims, and is implementing a number of strategies in readiness for the entrance of Alternative Business Structures (ABS) into the legal services sector.

Click to read more

Eclipse Proclaim client, Co-operative Legal Services, becomes first ABS

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) today announced that it has licensed its first three alternative business structures (ABS).

The trio comprises Co-operative Legal Services, John Welch and Stammers, and Lawbridge Solicitors Ltd.

Click here for more

How Proclaim Case Management Software is helping Nesbit Law Group

The full extent to which Alternative Business Structures (ABS) will impact upon the legal services market is as yet unknown.  At a time of great uncertainty, one firm is planning confidently for the future – safe in the knowledge that it has the right software systems in place.

Nesbit Law Group is an 80-strong, vibrant firm of solicitors dealing with personal injury claims, primarily road traffic accidents (RTA).  The firm uses Eclipse’s Proclaim Case Management Software system, allowing fee-earners to turn around cases far quicker than the industry average.

Click here for the full case study

The UK’s first ABS – Alternative Business Structures – Case Management Software

The UK’s leading Case Management Software provider, Eclipse Legal Systems, has launched the market’s first ABS-specific systems.

The legal services industry will soon see new players – in the form of ‘Alternative Business Structures’ (ABS) – enter the marketplace.  The SRA is currently processing applications from organisations all vying to be among the first to announce official ABS status – market commentators expect to see the first tranche of live ABSs in the first quarter of this year.

Eclipse Legal Systems has made available two new Proclaim Case Management Software systems, taking into account the unique requirements of ABS organisations.

Click to read more

Alternative Business Structures - Eclipse headline-sponsors roadshow series

We are delighted to announce our headline sponsorship of the forthcoming ABS (Alternative Business Structures) ‘Ask the Experts’ Roadshow.

• How does banning referral fees affect your business model?
• Does the new legal market give you more appetite to be an ABS?
• What is the industry’s reaction?

Click here to read more

Alternative Business Structures - Land of Opportunity?

October will undoubtedly bring change to the legal services marketplace, but Alternative Businesses Structures can be just as much an opportunity as a threat.

Later this year the time for talking will finally be over. Ever since the publication of the Legal Services Act four years ago, there have been varying predictions on the scale and impact of Alternative Business Structures (ABS).

Some commentators have painted a bleak picture for current providers with the likes of Tesco, ASDA, Virgin and the AA all queuing up to take advantage of deregulation which will allow nonlegals to either own law firms or hold management positions therein.  However, others have suggested a less dramatic impact on the market with a few well-known consumer brands - banks, estate agents and so on - adding legal services to their existing offerings.

Click here for the full article

Implementing Proclaim to compete more effectively in the evolving legal services marketplace

New case study outlining how Lee Solicitors LLP is preparing in light of the Legal Services Act and Alternative Business Structures...

Click here to read the article