London's Russell-Cooke has signed up for the largest installation to date of Axxia Systems' browser-based Desktop system, which will be deployed to its 230 staff. The system includes time recording, enquiry, conflict search, wills, deeds, archive and billing.


Central London firm Mishcon de Reya is implementing the FloSuite business process management solution, directed at administrative processes. Features include processes for new employees, such as creation of a telephone extension and voicemail, updating the internal telephone directory, creating IT user accounts and log-ins, equipment orders and updating the hardware asset list.



Functions for staff leavers include termination of IT user accounts, redirection of telephone and voicemail accounts, password resetting and deletion of staff mailbox. The FloSuite package incorporates applications including Elite practice management, Interaction customer relationship management and Interwoven Worksite for document management.



City firm Speechly Bircham will implement nFlow's digital dictation system in conjunction with its existing Citrix Presentation Server 3.0 platform, provided by Tikit. Digital dictation and other desktop applications will be available to remote users using the Citrix Web portal. The system will be implemented by downloading and installing the dictation equipment hardware drivers and plugging in the hardware.



In Coventry, Townshends has upgraded its systems by rolling out Axxia's Eiion accounting software and desktop fee-earner, across its 20-strong practice. The system will take two weeks to implement.



Five firms have taken on the AlphaLAW case and practice management systems from MSS: Sprostons in Manchester; Abel-Brown in Oakham, Leicester; Saunders Goodin Riddleston in Ipswich; Mylles & Co in Windsor; and James & Beckett in Canterbury and Chatham.



Three firms have signed up to the ProCLAIM system from Eclipse Legal Systems: BBH in the Wirral has rolled out the personal injury system across its 25-user road traffic accident department; John Cunningham & Associates in Ormskirk has invested in 20 user licences for the personal injury system; and Goldsmith Williams in Liverpool, which already uses the ProCLAIM system, has invested in another 50 licences across its personal injury and conveyancing practices. The firm now has more than 250 users.