Hastings
adopted Nexus to ease their legal operations.
As their I.T. system
aged, Hastings looked for a legal practice management system to
increase productivity and enhance support to their clients. The
system must help them to centralize their cases, documents, accounting
information. Therefore, Hastings contacted Alfacom to provide
a solution - Nexus - a professional legal practice system.
After the deployment of Nexus, the overall efficiency and effectiveness
of Hastings have been improved significantly.
Background
Hastings & Co., with a long and established history, is yet
a dynamic firm moving with the times.
The Partners have
looked beyond the turn of the 21st century and have developed
an extensive and comprehensive practice in recent years to meet
the ever-increasing needs of their clients for full legal services.
Major areas of practice
of the firm include Civil & Criminal Litigation, Insurance,
Personal Injuries, Banking, Corporate Finance, Acquisition, Commercial,
Company Secretarial, Intellectual Property, Conveyancing, Employment,
Landlord & Tenant, Family, Will & Probate and China-related
Services.
Challenge
Hastings wanted a robust legal firm system that can manage documents,
clients, accounting and financial information with tight tracking
and centralized storage. The accounting practice of the new system
must be designed based on legal firm industry. On Civil and Criminal
Litigation department, there are many import tasks that the lawyers
must take action on a tight deadline. Migrating the old database
to the new system flawlessly also posed a challenge.
Solution
As a result of the needs outlined above, Alfacom recommended a
solution, Nexus, squarely met all of the above requirements and
objectives of Hastings. The Time Costing Module, the allocation
of time cost of lawyers involved in a matter can be easily calculated.
The Billing Module, the disbursement, time cost and adjustment
can be shown clearly. In the individual client account, the deposit
account and prepaid account can be shown separately. The Scheduler
function, Lawyers and Secretaries can manage their cases and remind
him the importance task to do on a specific date and time. After
the trial run, the old database has been migrated to new system
safely.
Why partner with Alfacom Solutions
Nexus has been developed for over 10 years. It is a tested and
proven product that has grown along with law firm clients' requirements.
Also, Nexus is a mature off-the-shelf software solution so that
Hastings doesn't need to spend a lot of money and time in customization.
Business
Benefits
Nexus has improved the office productivity and is allowing Hastings
to achieve the cost savings goals. With the centralized system,
Lawyers, Secretaries and Accountancies can easily retrieve up-to-date
information and reports in seconds. Litigation department has
an alert system to manage their importance tasks. Accounting department
can generate the financial report faster than before.
Key
Components
> Software component
* Microsoft SQL Server
* Microsoft Windows OS
* VB
* Crystal Report
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Hardware component
* IBM X Series Servers
Service
element
* Microsoft VB application development
* Data Migration
