DMH Stallard, a Top 100 law firm based in London and the south east, has won the ‘Greatest Business Impact’ Award at the SORCE Conference for the development of online property portfolio management tool – DMH Direct. The SORCE Awards highlight the importance of using Intranet and Extranet solutions to connect organisations, people and knowledge.
DMH Stallard were joined in the final by two other finalists, Croydon College and West London Mental Health. In delivering this award, the judges recognised the Firm’s innovative use of technology in delivering business value to clients through improved business processes and better communication. They also noted our collaborative approach to the implementation process.
Innovative Use of Technology - DMH Direct
Using SORCE portal technology, DMH Stallard and SORCE worked together to deliver a high quality online system which is both fully secure and user friendly. DMH Direct enables clients to instruct DMH Stallard online and then subsequently track the progress of matters over the web. The system offers clients and their agents a dedicated extranet to help streamline and make more transparent the legal process of acquiring, developing and managing property assets. The product, launched in 2007, has been welcomed by a number of our clients, all of whom continue to work with our Real Estate team with the added benefits that DMH Direct can bring.
Key features and advantages of DMH Direct:
DMH Direct brings clients a range of benefits that help to drive efficiency and reduce legal costs:
- 24 hour access to submit new instructions and check the status of ongoing matters
- Dedicated data capture screens tailored to the specific requirements of clients so that clients can be confident that all relevant information is received from the outset
- New instructions automatically lead to online case inception, saving time and ensuring data accuracy
- Reports can be generated on a real-time basis
- Reporting facilities enable clients to have complete confidence that their matters are being dealt with properly
- Clients can monitor progress in real time and ensure that work is being completed on time and within budget
- Reports are tailored to clients’ needs, for example, status reports on all matters and bespoke key milestones on progress and electronic billing can be provided.
- Clients can also download particular reports to incorporate into their own management information
“We are honoured to have been chosen to receive this award from SORCE. The development of DMH Direct is the result of input from a large number of both internal and external people and we are delighted that our investment in technology and our expertise in process management has been recognised. Our clients who have received DMH Direct have seen the added value provided by the system which delivers significant savings in time and cost.”, said Richard Pollins, Head of Real Estate at DMH Stallard.
John Nicklin, Director of SORCE said, “We are very impressed with the way that DMH Stallard has embraced technology in delivering a dedicated technology platform that integrates the firm into the clients supply chain and allows clients to manage large volume property transactions through direct access to DMH data 24 hours a day”.
DMH Direct video (WMV format).
If you would like to find out more about our services and how DMH Direct will benefit your business, please contact Richard Pollins at 01273 744358 or richard.pollins@dmhstallard.com.
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About DMH Stallard
Described as “business people who happen to be lawyers” DMH Stallard is a law firm that quickly gets to the heart of the issue to provide the right commercial response for its client. The firm operates in the mid-market acting for larger private companies, plcs, private sector clients, entrepreneurs and high net-worth individuals. Its 53 Partners and 259 staff operate from London, Gatwick, and Brighton. The firm was named Best Managed Firm 2007 at the MPF European Practice Management Awards.
About SORCE
SORCE specialises in intranet, extranet and portal solutions and has over 8 years of experience in delivering intranet and extranet solutions for over 100 organisations with more than 75,000 users worldwide connecting organisations, people and knowledge.
SORCE Intranet has been voted Intranet Product of the Year 2008 amid competition from Microsoft’s SharePoint and last year’s winners Intranet Dashboard. This prestigious award presented by Intranet Journal, the world’s largest online intranet resource community, highlights the value the SORCE Intranet product holds with its customers. Tom Dunlap from Intranet Journal said: “SORCE Intranet dominated the Intranet Design Suite category."
For further press information please contact: Angela Rook
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Email: angela.rook@dmhstallard.com
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