Achieving full remote work efficiency

NetDocuments and Advanced support Ellisons Solicitors in meeting their document management objectives.

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Experienced, creative, practical lawyers

At Ellisons Solicitors we’ve been providing first-class legal services and advice to clients for more than 250 years. Today, we have six offices throughout Suffolk and Essex, and have been recognised as a leading law firm in the Legal 500 and Chambers. We’ve also secured the Law Society’s International Standard for excellence in legal practice management and client care, Lexcel, as well as being recognised by the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme.

Integration partnership

Our firm has been using Partner for Windows (P4W) practice and case management for some time. It provides a foundation for the way we work by supporting all aspects of our firm including matter and client management, accounting and billing. It sits at the heart of our firm and we couldn’t do business without it.

One of the many benefits of P4W is its ability to incorporate other systems. When we investigated the deployment of a new Document Management System (DMS), we decided that NetDocuments was our preferred product because it integrates so smoothly with P4W out of the box. That was a significant benefit for us.

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