OPSIS News & Info

Our office in Belfast has recently moved from Holywood Road to brand new offices in the Arthur House Business Centre which is centrally located on Arthur Street, only a few yards from Donegall Square in the heart of Belfast City Centre.

Arthur House offers a very high standard of office fit out and a contemporary modern style, with access to a range of meeting rooms and conference facilities.

Arthur House

The new address and telephone numbers are as follows:-

OPSIS Practice Management (IRIS Legal)
Suite 603, Sixth Floor
Arthur House
41, Arthur Street
Belfast
BT1 4GB

New Belfast Office Sales & Support telephone number: 02890 447122

Fax: 02890 447193

September 24th, 2010 | Tags: NI News, OPSIS News | Category: NI News, OPSIS News |  Print This Post |  Email this Post | Leave a comment

Important Information:

The Law Society has issued Judicial Review Proceedings against the LSC with regards to the tendering process for Family legal aid contracts, with hearings listed for later this month.

Further details can be found by using the links below:

http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/newsandevents/news/view=newsarticle.law?NEWSID=430201

http://www.legalservices.gov.uk/civil/cls_news_11982.asp

As a result of this the LSC has announced that all the changes relating to the civil 2010 contract (2010 Civil Contract, Family phase 2 fees and Forms Masterpack) will be postponed until the 15th November.

For developments on this issue and how it affects our legal software please refer to our IRIS Legal Customer Support Portal where you will find an update for solicitors/barristers, and the LSC statement:-

http://legalportal.iris.co.uk/

If you do not have access to this useful resource, you can register by sending an email to LegalPortalAdmin@IRIS.co.uk with your name, company and a list of the IRIS Legal products you use.

September 23rd, 2010 | Tags: England News, Legal Aid, LSC Forms, OPSIS Support | Category: England News, Legal Aid, OPSIS Support |  Print This Post |  Email this Post | Leave a comment

Conference Dates

The countdown to legal reform has begun.

It will change the way you work. Those who manage the change best will be better placed to succeed.

Focussing on the implications of change, IRIS Legal World 2010 will show how practices like yours can maximise their investment in IT to face the challenges ahead.

This year, the key theme is the changing nature of legal services.

These changes are due to be implemented in 2011 and will have major impact on all high street firms and chambers.

All firms and chambers need to understand the implications of the changes on their practices/ chambers and start to define and implement strategies (backed up by IT) to survive and flourish.

Click here to learn about the Sessions and key speakers (and download agendas for the different venues).

September 22nd, 2010 | Tags: Conferences, England News, Iris, NI News, OPSIS News, ROI News | Category: England News, Exhibitions, NI News, OPSIS News, ROI News, User Group |  Print This Post |  Email this Post | Leave a comment

Millennium 5.80

Further to the July 2010 Legal Aid Changes release of Millennium Accounts 5.80, we have also provided new versions of the LSC Form templates (Word format for use in Millennium) with requirements as set out by the LSC in their July 2010 Change Guidance and LSC Forms Update documents.

Other forms are referred to in the Change Guidance but the only forms affected that Millennium uses are the CDS7 (Non-Standard Fee Contract Work Assessment Form) and CDS18 (Exceptional Case Claim Form-Crime) forms.

The following ZIP file contains the two new templates, and the official change guidance documentation, plus some instructions for setting these up in the location defined in the Millennium Document Types maintenance.

Download LSC Forms July 2010 (396Kb Zip archive)

Further information: Millennium 5.80 Legal Aid Changes July 2010 release.

July 21st, 2010 | Tags: England News, Legal Aid, LSC Forms, NI News, OPSIS Support, Releases, Software Releases | Category: England News, Legal Aid, NI News, OPSIS Support, Releases |  Print This Post |  Email this Post | Leave a comment

An update on Ireland IRIS OPSIS

Martin Leuw

By Martin Leuew, Chief Executive Officer, IRIS Group

Further to my letter of last month, I am delighted to announce the addition of Jimmy Scullion to the IRIS OPSIS team. Jimmy will be your new Business Development Manager, based in Ireland effective immediately.

Jimmy Scullion

Formerly Head of Sales with Royal Mail Group in Northern Ireland and prior to that Sales Director with UK Serviced Office Group Regus Plc, Jimmy has an enormous amount of client management experience and enthusiasm.

His immediate goal is to ensure that you are looked after locally and that you have access to current support and training as well as introducing new product innovations from the wider IRIS Legal group where appropriate.

Jimmy’s contact details are below:

Name: Jimmy Scullion – Business Development Manager
Mobile: 0791 724 7626
E- mail:Email Jimmy Scullion

In addition to this, Jimmy is supported by an entirely office based Account Executive team who are available, Monday to Friday, 9am – 5.30pm and should be able to help with most initial product or training enquiries, webinars, organising demonstrations and Laserform needs or simply act as the contact point with your account manager.  This team can be contacted on 0844 815 5570 or via legalexecs@iris.co.uk.

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July 16th, 2010 | Tags: NI News, OPSIS News, ROI News | Category: NI News, OPSIS News, ROI News |  Print This Post |  Email this Post | Leave a comment

Millennium Accounts V5.80

Millennium Accounts V5.80

There is a new Criminal Legal Aid release of Millennium Accounts 5.80 available. Customers who do Legal Aid work will have been contacted already by the support team who have issued the upgrade on CD.

It is for new Criminal Legal requirements that come into effect from 14th July 2010.

Release notes as follows:

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July 15th, 2010 | Tags: England News, Legal Aid, Millennium, NI News, OPSIS Support, Releases | Category: England News, Legal Aid, NI News, OPSIS Support, Releases |  Print This Post |  Email this Post | Leave a comment

IRIS OPSIS Online Webinars

OPSIS Case Management

If you would like to find out more about the OPSIS suite of products and how they may be beneficial to your firm you can now attend a FREE Online Webinar where you can see the software in action and speak to your OPSIS Account Manager.

OPSIS Webinars are held all year round and we are now pleased to release the Webinar schedule for July-September 2010.

These FREE 30 minute sessions have been designed to give you an insight into the features and benefits of OPSIS Case Management and demonstrates the functionality of this easy to use case management system. If you would like a webinar on other OPSIS products then please let us know.

To book your place on any of the Webinars please contact the Legal Account Executive team to make your booking on 0844 815 5570 or select your webinar session choices from our events page and e-mail them to legalexecs@iris.co.uk

Click here for IRIS Legal Events and booking form: www.iris.co.uk/legalevents

Click here for Webinars Timetable in PDF format

July 1st, 2010 | Tags: Case Management, England News, NI News, OPSIS News, OPSIS Sales, ROI News, Webinars | Category: England News, NI News, OPSIS News, ROI News |  Print This Post |  Email this Post | Comments (1)

Opsis Roadshows

As a direct response to customer requests we are pleased to invite you to one of a couple of half day OPSIS road-shows being held at the IRIS Fleet Street office in London on Thursday 22nd April.

These sessions are invaluable for those of you who want to find out more about the future of your IT system and will give you more information on the latest features and enhancements within:

• Millennium Accounts & Solo – Improved reporting & Credit control module
• PMS & Solicitor Case Manager – SMS text messaging, Marketing & AML modules & Outlook integration

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April 16th, 2010 | Tags: England News, OPSIS News, road shows | Category: England News, OPSIS News |  Print This Post |  Email this Post | Leave a comment

Welcome to the Spring 2010 issue of OPSIS News!

The Spring Editions of the OPSIS Ireland and UK newsletters were emailed to our customers last week, but if you missed it or are new to OPSIS you can find the on-line version of the OPSIS Newsletter by clicking the link at the bottom of this post.

In this issue you will find details on a series of OPSIS Road-shows we are holding around the UK, the latest OPSIS Case Management webinar schedule and further information on the new IRIS Legal Support Portal (including how OPSIS clients can get discounts on their CPD training through the Solicitors Group).

The latest releases of Solicitor Case Manager and Millennium Accounts are due out shortly and we would like to make you aware of the new features and enhancements in both products.

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April 8th, 2010 | Tags: England News, Newsletters, NI News, OPSIS News, ROI News | Category: England News, Exhibitions, NI News, OPSIS News, ROI News |  Print This Post |  Email this Post | Leave a comment