Private Practice Products
LexisNexis Visualfiles has been developing case management applications for the legal profession for more than 20 years and is now firmly established as the UK’s leading supplier of such technology.
Customers vary from small private practice firms providing conveyancing, probate and legal aid services to their local community through to some of the very largest law firms requiring sophisticated e-commerce applications and integration with numerous best of breed solutions. View case studies.
LexisNexis Visualfiles currently has two solutions designed for private practice: -
Case Management: Visualfiles V2 – The
ultimate case management solution designed to manage high volumes of
cases effectively
and enable the development
of bespoke services for the law firms customers. Predefined templates
are available covering areas such as conveyancing, insurance litigation and
debt collection. (Download
brochure
)
Matter Management: Visualfiles M2 – Designed
to support lawyers managing smaller but more complex case loads. M2 automates
many
of the standard business
and administration tasks (e.g. money laundering, disbursement requests)
and provides the fee-earner with a library of tools to support their
decisions. (Download
brochure
)
Both Visualfiles V2 and M2 can reside within Microsoft Outlook providing a single intuitive interface for the fee earner to manage their work.
An independent survey conducted by the Legal Insider in February 2005 illustrated LexisNexis Visualfiles' dominant position as case management supplier to the largest 250 law firms in the UK.
LexisNexis Visualfiles' ‘best of breed’ approach allows law firms to select the most appropriate Practice Management, Document Management and CRM applications and use Visualfiles to link them into a single cohesive systems.
For firms preferring a sole supplier solution, then LexisNexis Visualfiles' unique relationship with Practice Management supplier SOS provides a tightly integrated application providing all of those capabilities in a single program as used by around 150 firms in the UK.
Some comments from clients in the private practice sector:
“70% of Road Traffic Fast Track cases are now settled within 6 weeks (previously 3 months). We have also experienced a 50% Reduction in Legal Costs and 15% reduction in internal costs.”
Jeffrey NG, Information Director at Beachcroft LLP
“ Embedded in Microsoft Outlook, out of the box M2 provides a practical
solution to the current issues and challenges in terms of e-mail management
and in this respect it will be a success because it works, quite simply,
in the way lawyers need and expect it to.”
Jonathan Swan, IT Director at Browne Jacobson
“ Our system requirement is very complex as it involves not only
the creation of an online case management solution but also integration
with other mission critical applications such as our practice management
and document management systems. After speaking to existing Visualfiles
users, we are confident that Visualfiles is the right partner for the
job. Added to this, Visualfiles skills transfer implementation methodology
means our team will be equipped to extend the use of Visualfiles into
other areas of our business. The new M2 product is very impressive and
it will provide extensive case/matter management functionality to our
users via their favoured Outlook interface.”
John Watson, IT Manager at Shepherd and Wedderburn
“
Lawyers at Work have seen a 250% increase in revenue over the past
year, from £600,000 to a phenomenal £1.5m and a 50%
increase in caseload capacity has been achieved.”
Peter Bayliss, Managing Director at Lawyers at Work
“ Since the introduction of our web based strategy in May 2000,
which resulted in the implementation of SolCase from Visualfiles, the
results have been phenomenal, including a tenfold increase in turnover,
an increase in profit margin from 22% - 48% and an increase in staff
from 30 – 100.”
Kyle Peddie, Managing Partner at PSM Law Group
