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Norwel
News Letter Autumn 2011
October 6th“Red Letter
Day?”
The SRA has described the 6th October 2011 as a "red letter" day for the legal sector. It brings forward alternative business
structures (ABS), and it is the date on which the SR ...
Law Officers Department of the States of Jersey select Norwel.
The Law Officers Department of the States of Jersey have selected Norwel’s Prescient Case and Matter management system to replace its Iris/Aim Evolution system.
The Law Officers' Department provides legal advice ...
Alan Richardson will Chair the panel at the Cloud Computing
Conference at Law
2011 Manchester on the 26th October.
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Outcomes Focused Regulation – are you ready
The introduction of Outcomes Focused Regulation (OFR) in October 2011 means the current detailed and prescriptive rulebook is replaced with a targeted, risk-based approach concentrating on the standards of service to clients.
The new S ...
Norwel are pleased to be sponsors of the:Management Conference ‘Operating in a changing legal world’ The Manchester Law Society in association with “Management Matters” Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel, Water Street, Manchester. M3 4JQ. 30th June 2011 This con ...
Bristol City Council Legal Department have selected Norwel’s Prescient+ Case Management system to replace its existing system.Prescient+ will be rolled out to 100 users within the legal department from April 2011. It will provide staff with Case and Matter Management, Time Recording, Doc ...
Pro Active Reporting! Turning reports into actions.
KYC, Lexcel, internal quality checklists, Money Laundering, updating fees estimates, the sheer volume of regulatory, and compliance requirements, as well as internal policies and procedures can leave even the most conscientious Fee Ea ...
Kirwans Solicitors have selected Norwel and as its next generation Practice Management system.
Kirwans is one of the North West’s fastest growing law firms and one of its most established. Led by Senior Partner David Kirwan and Managing Partner Simon Gibson, the firm has 100 staff and thre ...
Norwel are pleased to announce that Sherry Heyes has joined Norwel Computer Services Ltd. Sherry has worked in the legal sector for more than 20 years, latterly holding the position of IT facilitator at Halliwells LLP. Sherry will play an important role at Norwel, as Practice Manage ...
Central Bedfordshire Council's Legal Department have selected Norwel’s as its new Case Management system after a detailed selection process.
The system will be rolled out to all 34 staff within the council’s legal department over the next few months providing ...
SOMERSET COUNCIL SUCCESS FROM USING NORWEL’S BUNDLING SOFTWARE Somerset County Council’s legal department have been a user of Norwel’s highly successful Time and Matter Management System for some while, but identified a need for a document bundling solution to support sta ...
The Central Legal Office (CLO) of the NHS National Services Scotland has placed an order for Norwel's Prescient+ system to replace its Fee Charging system.
will be rolled out to 100 staff within the CLO and will provide Case and Matter Management, as well as Time Recording and Document Manag ...
Local Government Lawyers Weekend School.
Norwel attended the Annual Weekend School for Local Government Lawyers on the 22nd-24th of April at York University..
Always an informative event, with some interesting feedback on the challenges being faced by Local Government legal dep ...
Norwel are pleased to announce the release of its latest generation of Practice Management Software Prescient+
Prescient+ is designed to provide both Private Practice firms and Public Sector Legal departments with a comprehensive solution that is focused on delivering real business benefits. ...
Last month, Norwel hosted a Special Interest Group with a regulatory and compliance focus. Risk Management in the legal sector is a key issue currently, and it seemed like an ideal opportunity to get a group of our clients with common issues together to discuss some hot topics and share our exp ...
Tollers is a Commercially led law firm with 19 Partners and over 170 staff providing nationwide services from its offices in Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. As well as Business Legal services, Tollers also offers a full range of Private Client services to business clients&nb ...
Norwel’s Bundling Version 1.3m has proved to be a hit with users at Somerset County Council as they sang the praises for its ease of use and high standard functions.
Legal secretary Gill Roberts was the first to use the supplement function on a large bundle that needed two additional supplem ...
Tollers LLP have expressed their excitement for the release of Prescient Plus, a new generation of software following on from the success of Prescient which will be available in autumn 2009.
David Baskerville, Director of Operations and IT of Tollers was the first of a lucky few to preview Norwel& ...
Norwel are delighted to announce that we are moving offices at the beginning of September. Whilst our current offices have provided Norwel staff with many benefits, the move to the new office is part of a number of exciting developments at Norwel. The new offices are at;
No 1 Lakeside
Cheadl ...
Tollers LLP have praised Norwel for the thoroughly detailed and easy to understand user guides on NAP and Cash. Financial analyst Simon Bagshaw sang the praises for both the user guides and the release notes;
“The features look great - especially the cancel cheque one. The release notes are e ...
Norwel hosted a Local Authority User Group Meeting on Wednesday 4th March at Leeds City Council offices. The event gave Norwel users the chance to express their appreciation and raise any issues concerning Norwel’s product and services. Many clients attended the meeting including section heads ...
The solution to that long standing, time consuming problem ‑ producing court bundles - is here!.
Norwel Court Bundling allows legal professionals to create document bundles quickly and efficiently whilst attaining the standards expected by the courts. Slotting neatly alongside Norwel Mat ...
Congratulations to Charlotte Garner who has passed the Solicitors Book Keeping Diploma Course run by the Institute of Legal Cashiers and Administrators (ILCA). The diploma which is normally taken by head cashiers and solicitors focuses on teaching the principles of the Solicitor Account Rules (SAR). ...
Norwel’s flexibility has been shown again in that it already allows all users to enter the new VAT rate as announced earlier this week. This can be maintained in a few simple steps and instructions have already been sent to key contacts at every client.
In addition there appear to be ch ...
Cobbetts LLP Finance Systems Manager, Nicola Moore-Miller joined Norwel Computer Services Ltd on 1st December 2008 after spending several years at Cobbetts. Nicola will play a key role at Norwel as PMS Product Manager and provide services to existing and new clients including service deli ...
Tom Bridge, Head of Conveyancing, explains: "When my staff arrive in the morning, it is immediately apparent that someone or something has already been hard at work. The Remortgage Team's Printer is laden with letters ready to be posted and our e-mail Sent Items folder records that numerous e-mails ...
Norwel Computer Services Ltd is celebrating winning a contract with Lincolnshire Legal Services to supply a Time Recording and Matter Management system.
In need of high standards and a professional Case and Time Management system, Norwel took the opportunity to showcase why they were the best suppl ...
Bournemouth Borough Council are the latest addition to Norwel’s growing local authority client list having chosen to invest in the Norwel Prescient system.
Prescient incorporates:
Time Recording
Document and Email Manageme ...
From offices at Northampton, Kettering, Corby and Milton Keynes and a support resource centre within Northampton, regional law firm Tollers Solicitors provides a full range of legal services.
Tollers were founded in 1877 and today have 21 partners and staff of 230, this means they are well equippe ...
The Norwel development teams were recently praised for their dedication, sharp knowledge and quick thinking by Cobbetts IT Business Service Manager, Kevin Goosman. Norwel’s Developer Phil Dobson was the key player who took charge in assisting the integration of Cobbetts Connect CRM System with ...
Trowers and Hamlins have reconfirmed their commitment to developing their Norwel applications by purchasing a further 130 Prescient licences bringing their user count to 550. In addition, an upgrade to Norwel Contact and Event Management ensures that the Practice will benefit by using enhanced facil ...
Norwel CRM ‑ When selecting a Contact Relationship Management application is it worth considering the cost of the functionality you are buying which is unlikely to be used in the foreseeable future? It seems that many of the products on offer are jam packed with attractive features b ...
"What I like about Norwel is their accessability and response time - you don't always know who handles what, but you are confident that a query will drop into the right box and an answer will come out soon."
Jim Thirkettle, Stephensons LLP
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Stephensons Solicitors LLP, a North West law firm with over 25 partners, identified the need to improve their procedures relating to the issue and control of cheque payments.
Jim Thirkettle, Director of Operations at Stephensons contacted Norwel, their practice management system partners, to discus ...
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