Award Winning Commercial Law Firm Chooses Proclaim

BRADFORD, England, December 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Sherrards Solicitors to implement Eclipse's Proclaim Case Management solution 

Sherrards Solicitors is implementing the Proclaim Case Management Software Solution from Eclipse Legal Systems.

Established over a century ago, based in St. Albans with a second office in London, Sherrards Solicitors is ranked by both the prestigious Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 legal directories. In addition to the Highly Commended award in the Exporting Legal Services category at the 2013 Law Society Excellence Awards, Sherrards has recently been crowned the 'Client Choice Litigation Law Firm of the Year in England' Global Awards Winner 2014.

The growing law firm provides a full range of commercial services to clients including international businesses, sole owner companies and not-for-profit organisations together with conveyancing and probate services to private clients.

Sherrards Solicitors is taking the Proclaim Conveyancing Case Management Software solution for the property team, which will have instant access to the single desktop tool - facilitating a consistent approach to each file. Proclaim will streamline a vast number of administrative processes, with features such as automatic submission of SDLT forms reducing turnaround times, resulting in a superb client experience.

The firm is also taking advantage of Proclaim's inbuilt reporting platform to provide centralised and instantly accessible key information on each file - making responding to client and estate agent queries straightforward. As part of the installation, Proclaim's flexibility will enable a connection with the firm's incumbent financial system for fast and accurate billing.

Andrew Mills-Baker, Chief Financial Officer at Sherrards Solicitors, comments:

"We pride ourselves in offering first class standards of service with a well-earned reputation for being approachable, available and dedicated to the needs of our clients. Proclaim's streamlining of non-value adding administrative tasks will free up more quality time allowing us to perfect our clients' journey even further, whilst greatly increasing our volume of work - surpassing the service offering of many larger London firms."

About Eclipse 

Part of Capita Plc, Eclipse is the UK's leading provider of legal software solutions, employing 160 staff at its Yorkshire HQ and generating a turnover of £10million. The firm's Proclaim software system is in use by over 20,000 professionals across a vast range of market sectors, territories and work areas.

Proclaim integrates all case management, accounting, document management, reporting, time recording, task and diary functions, and can be web-enabled to allow clients and referrers to securely view their live case files online.  

TouchPoint is Eclipse's new client self-service solution, providing an always-on, platform agnostic 'journey' for law firm clients and business partners.

Proclaim clients include:

• Eversheds Solicitors
• Co-operative Legal Services
• Carillion plc
• Sherrards Solicitors
• QualitySolicitors (including Howlett Clarke, Lockings, Oliver & Co, and many others)

Territories include:

• UK
• Ireland
• Switzerland
• Latvia
• Australia
• Nigeria
• Zambia

For further information, please contact Darren Gower (Marketing Director) at darren.gower@eclipselegal.co.uk, or call +44-(0)1274-704100.

Alternatively, visit http://www.eclipselegal.co.uk