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l FORBES EXPLOITS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITYLancashire-based firm Forbes has signed a contract with Technology for Business to implement its Partner for Windows suite across the nine-office practice.

It forms part of a 750,000 IT strategy unveiled by the firm, which will incorporate new servers and workstations for the nine offices linked with a high-capacity, fibre-optic communications network.

The deal makes Forbes one of the largest of TfB's near-1,000 clients in the UK.

l THREESY DOES IT IN WEB REVAMPThree Web site relaunches have taken place this week.

Nottingham-based Browne Jacobson's new site provides 'a much wider and more comprehensive information resource on all aspects of the law in which the firm specialises', the firm said, with weekly updates.

Twelve-partner north-west firm Hague Lambert's new site - relaunched exactly two years after the practice went on-line - offers guides to subjects such as buying and selling property, details on funding work, and daily updates of legal news headlines.

Finally, the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), which represents lawyers at a European Union-level, has revamped its Web presence.LINKS: www.brownej.co.uk; www.hague-lambert.co.uk; www.ccbe.org

l COLE HOT ON THE TRAIL OF SOFTWARETop M4 corridor firm Morgan Cole has signed an unlimited enterprise licence with Capsoft UK for more than 700 people to use the HotDocs software.

It follows a careful evaluation period of the document creation tool, including a year-long pilot.

Meanwhile, legal publisher Sweet & Maxwell has extended the use of HotDocs software in its precedent-based CD-ROMs.

l DONNS THRIVE ON EXCELLENCEThe innovative e-file-access system created by Manchester personal injury firm Donns to allow individuals access to their files has been shortlisted for two awards in the E-Business Excellence Awards, held by Computer Weekly magazine.

The firm is up in the knowledge management and customer relationship management categories.

Hundreds of public and private sector organisations reportedly entered the awards.

l hugh james signs up to solcaseThe nine-year partnership between Solicitec and Solicitors Own Software (SOS) has again borne fruit with the implementation of an integrated solution at leading Welsh firm Hugh James Ford Simey.

The six-figure investment involved Solicitec's case management package SolCase and the SOS practice management system, replacing the Lawsoft system the firm had.

The companies just finalised a similar deal with West Country firm Bevan Ashford.

l SPEECH THERAPY GOES DUTChDutch-based legal and medical speech recognition company G2 Speech has entered the British market with its LegalSpeech product.

G2 Speech says it is 'primarily engaged in the development of software integration of speech recognition technology in existing information systems'.

To date, more than 50 hospitals in Benelux and ten 'international' law firms, including leading Benelux firm Stibbe, use the company's products.