New products

Medico Legal Consultancy has launched a CD-Rom for personal injury practitioners who need help understanding the terminology found in medical reports.

MedicoLegal Solutions is an interactive CD which features a 9,000-word glossary of medical jargon explained in layman's terms, a video library featuring anatomical illustrations and x-rays, and audio guidance for pronunciation of technical words.

The man behind divorce Web site divorceuk.com, Scottish solicitor Donald Wright, has developed another site, www.inheritancetaxuk.com, to help users calculate their inheritance tax liability.

It has a calculator and links to inheritance tax advisers and - for queries about wills - to probate solicitors.

The British Bankers Association has joined forces with Absolutely Training to launch an on-line training programme aimed at helping money laundering reporting officers meet their legal obligations.

It costs 95 per user for a year.

Solicitors Own Software has added a direct link to the BACS payment system through its Practice Manager software.

It is based on the Albany ALBACS software and removes the need for working through a firm's bank for making payments to suppliers.

Electronic data management company SolScan has launched a document-scanning service for solicitors.

Paper documents are electronically scanned and saved on-line, and the original documents are destroyed.

Ellis Publications has developed an on-line service for lawyers to access EU competition law documents 24 hours after publication.

EU Competition Law on-line (www.

eucompetitionlaw.com) is a library of 30,000 documents - including treaties, merger materials, cases and legislation - which solicitors can access for a subscription fee.

LitigationAdvisor 2.0 has been developed by Computer Sciences Corporation.

This Web-based legal planning, budget and cost management system for companies allows them to formulate plans and budgets electronically and monitor legal bills from both in-house legal teams and external firms.

Based on the Microsoft software development platform, Microsoft NET, it also offers a case management facility, allowing companies to keep a closer eye on their lawyers' progress on a case.

MSS has released an updated AlphaLAW-Vantage practice management software (version 1.7) with added features including the full range of Criminal Defence Service forms, new attendance notes system, fee-earner cheque requests, due-today status screen, and new mail merge and customer relationship management facility.

MSS has also announced the integration of AlphaLAW-Vantage with the new Tablet PC windows technology, and a link-up with TM Property Services to provide firms with a link to the National Land Information Service through its conveyancing system.