Quill

Company & Product Overview

Quill helps law firms streamline and run law practices better by providing simple and easy-to-use practice management and legal accounts software, as well as outsourced legal cashiering, digital post room, payroll and typing services.

At the heart of its company values is a total commitment to continual service and software development, and maintaining exceptionally high standards of client support and training, which is why Quill is the first choice for many small-to-medium-sized law firms.

In 2022, the Law Society appointed Quill as one of its trusted practice management software providers and outsourced legal cashiering suppliers - making Quill the first-ever legal cashiering supplier recommended by the Law Society. For further information on the Law Society partnership, please visit: https://www.quill.co.uk/affiliate-partnership-with-the-law-society.

Quill is privately owned, staunchly independent and long established since 1978. In its early days, they were just a handful of entrepreneurs and developers selling programmable calculators. Today, Quill is a 100-strong team centred on offices in Manchester and Liverpool with 9,000 users across 750 practices.

Company Details

Company name
Quill

Main UK Address
Castle Quay, Manchester, M15 4NJ

Telephone
0161 236 2910

Contact
Anthony Davies - Sales Manager; Jo Poole - Regional Sales Consultant; Doug Convery - Regional Sales Consultant; Becky Thomas – Client Account Manager; Clare Tuck - Client Relationship Manager

Website
www.quill.co.uk

Email
info@quill.co.uk

Corporate Information

Number of years in the legal market: 40

Trade Associations & Accreditations
Law Society affiliate partner, LSSA membership, 2-star Best Companies status as well as ranking in ‘The UK’s 100 Best Mid-Sized Companies to Work for’, the ‘The North West’s 100 Best Companies to Work for’ and ‘Technology’s 50 Best Companies to Work for’ in 2021, Cyber Essentials certified, Living Wage employer, MS Society 'Employer of the Year' 2016, Bacs registered & HMRC approved, Institute of Legal Finance & Management (ILFM) Solicitors' Software Users Award winner 2010 & 2012, SRA Accounts Rules & regulatory compliant, CIPP-accredited staff.

Target Markets

Sole practitioners / very small firms (1-5 users)
Smaller high street firms (2-5 partners / 6-25 users)
Large high street firms (6-10 partners / 26+ users)
Commercial & niche firms, alternate business structures, corporate legal departments & local authority legal departments
Criminal & civil legal aid practitioners

Geographic Markets

England & Wales
Scotland

Technology Platforms Supported

All modern, web-based browsers are supported

Categories of Products & Services Supported

Financial & Practice Management

Tailorable dashboard with highly configurable client and contact database
Legal accounts & practice management system
Billing & costs recovery
Business intelligent reports including trial balance, profit and loss, tri balance and period end with cashflow forecasting
Free accountant licence
Time recording & disbursement logging
Legal aid / franchise management
Matter, nominal & supplier ledger management with bank reconciliation
Marketing & customer relationship management
Risk management & compliance including AML checks, conflict checks & breach alerts
Business continuity & disaster recovery
Document management with integrated forms library and document bundling capabilities
Add-on SMS messaging & postcode search facilities
Making Tax Digital functionality for submission of VAT returns to HMRC
Unique MoneyChain feature for bank account and sort code validation
Legl integration for secure online payments
Full legal accounting & payroll outsourcing services

Case Management

Private & legal aid work
Non-contentious corporate business (eg conveyancing, re-mortgaging)
Private client (eg conveyancing, probate, matrimonial)
Litigation - defendant (eg ULR, RTA, PI)
Litigation - claimant (eg ULR, RTA, PI)
Third party integration (eg specialist case management solutions, digital payments, document bundling & electronic legal forms)
Litigation support systems & services (including imaging)
Client web access & instant SMS text messaging for case updates

Online Systems & Services

Quill cloud-based legal accounts, practice, case & document management software
SaaS – Software as a Service - for secure, remote access

Support Systems & Services

Full technical helpdesk support
Systems integration, data conversion, consultancy & project management
Legal Aid Agency, Lexcel, SRA Standards & Regulations, HMRC, AML Directive, Data Protection Act, GDPR, SRA Accounts Rules, CLC Accounts Code & Scottish Accounts Rules compliance
Instructor-led e-learning sessions & on-site training
Pinpoint outsourced legal cashiering service
Outsourced payroll & pension management, typing & digital mailroom services

Services and Markets

Services
Accounts, Case Management, Legal Aid, Forms, Other

Markets
Single User, Small, Medium, Large