Richard Cohen is Legal Director of Epoch Software. He can becontacted on 0181 931 3030 or via e-mail at richard@epochsoftware.co.uk There was a time when solicitors were held in high regard. Much like doctorsand bank managers their expertise was never questioned and their incomes wereassured. However, now that the year 2000 is almost upon us,…
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Jeremy Hyman is IT Partner at Berg Kaprow Lewis, producers ofPKM Intranet, a mid-range Knowledge Management solution. He can be contacted at jeremyh@bklchart.co.uk Most legal practices have made significant investments in their IT systems.The fact is that the vast majority of IT systems are not providing benefits inline with their potential. They perform tasks that…
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Andrew Terrett is a legal information systems advisor withMasons Solicitors. He is also the author of The Internet – BusinessStrategies for Law Firms to be published by the Law Society later this year.He can be contacted at andrew.terrett@masons.com ‘Success in the marketplace today is directly proportional to theknowledge that an organisation can bring to bear,…
After several years as Sales and IT Director at LegalInformation Resources, since 1994 part of Sweet & Maxwell, Derek Sturdycontinues to develop legal database and editorial systems, within the Sweet& Maxwell family, as Product Development Director for Westlaw UK. Did we win the battle, or the war? If any of us were asked to summarise…
Robert Dow is Editor at PLC Publications. He can be contacted atrobdow@lcpub.co.uk. His company’s Website is at www.plc.info.co.uk. Virtually every large UK firm has an internal note giving guidance on how tobuy a company. These notes, although independently prepared, are very similar toeach other – they rarely contain information that is specific to the firm…
Chris Gough is a Consultant at Grant Thornton. He may becontacted on 0171 728 2289 or at Chris.H.Gough@gtuk.com. All industries, and service industries particularly, have to mobilise andexploit their intangible or invisible assets. The implementation of a knowledgemanagement initiative requires a comprehensive approach that addresses afirm’s culture, its business processes, its management, leadership and its…
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Tamzin Mathews reviews Stephen Mason’s book and highly recommends it….
John Gailey of Advanced Recognition Ltd, Member Scottish GroupCommittee & John Sibbald of Professional Library Services, Chairman of theScottish Group consider the new Scottish Court Web site (www.scotcourts.gov.uk),launched on 24 February, which marked a milestone in the justice system not onlyfor Scotland but for the United Kingdom as a whole. The authors review the siteand…
Phil Kelly is a Partner with John G. Gray of Edinburgh and anactive member of the SCL Scottish Group. She can be contacted on 0131 557 4452or at pkelly@johnggray.demon.co.uk My initial contact with home computers was about 20 years ago when my husbandand I gave our then 12-year-old son his first computer. He carefully programmedit…
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Michael Robinson is IT Director at Bevan Ashford. You cancontact him on m.robinson@bevanashford.co.uk In common with many organisations, Bevan Ashford is experiencing asteady rise in the number of staff requiring remote access to our systems. Withmobile and remote working becoming so common-place you would imagine that itwould be simple to implement; well it is and…